Last night I set my rod down and a split second later it got ripped over the side of the dock. I was sure I lost it forever. Went back during low tide and saw it sitting on a bed of mud and grass. It sat at out for probably 20 hours. Assuming it spent about half the time exposed under sun and the other half under florida inshore salt water that's been extra dirty lately. The rod is fine and cleaned up but is there any chance I fix this reel?
Reel is a daiwa saltist back bay
Posted by Burnitall98
10 Comments
Take it apart and clean it really good. Oil and grease after.
I don’t see why not. Spray all that crap off it. Take it apart, dry it out, and oil n grease er up! Worse case…it doesn’t work.
Sure, first see if a gentle rinse will do it; point the spool upward so you minimize mud getting carried into the reel.
But if it still grinds then get a schematic, carefully flush out the mud, disassemble, relube and reassemble.
Blast it with fresh water, pick everything you can out, blast it with fresh water again. Repeat until clean. Reels can take a lot of abuse, and iirc the Saltist unfortunately not fully sealed but instead “magsealed” which is salt water resistant, but should most likely be fine, especially if this wasn’t dropped in salt water
Edit: Oops just saw low tide – it might be fine, might not, but less than 24 hours gives you a better shot, but same advice as above applies. You might need to take the reel apart and oil/grease it again if it feels off but it should hopefully be okay.
Rinse heavy with freshwater and tear it apart regrease reoil everything down into minute details
I had the same thing happen to a Diawa bg, disassembly, cleaning and degreasing will do just fine – unfortunately it might not feel brand new but that’s life
Those mfs are bulletproof. Send it to one of the shops down south that actually do daiwa service and you’re good.
Don’t expect to use it for a good bit though.
Don’t spin the reel, take it apart clean it, lube it up and put it back together. You can buy a reel cleaning kit that comes with a marine lube and some tools, I have one from clensoil that has cleaned dozens of reels. Still have oil and cleaner left for the next dozen.
Water can eat through rock. Weeds don’t stand a chance. Disassemble, flush it all out and put it back together.
It can absolutely be saved, and given the cost of the reel, it’s definitely worth saving. However, I think it would probably be a good idea to rinse it off and then take it/send it to a qualified shop and have it fully serviced at this point. The last reel I had serviced was like $40. Alternatively, you could perform the service yourself, but this would entail disassembling the reel.