cleaning question

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ecu daniel 14
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Re: cleaning question

Post by ecu daniel 14 » Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:03 pm

anyone ever use turpentine? or will that cause the shields to rust?
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Re: cleaning question

Post by white03 » Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:09 pm

how about carberator cleaner, anyone ever used it? Comes in pressurized can, evaporates quickly...seems like that would work well. And I have some of that out in the garage.. :D
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Re: cleaning question

Post by RWSCHMITZ » Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:48 am

On new reels I will use it as is for 1-2 days, making sure the reel is OK and to get a base line of it's performance. then I will clean out all the factory oil and grease from the reel, polish any parts that make contact and soak the bearings in Acetone then use the Bearing Blaster with carb or brake cleaner then resoak in Acetone then blow dry them with a hair dryer and add 1 ONE drop of oil per bearing, spin them and reinstall.
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