Certate Line Roller Bearings

[Cozumel Tom]

I have 2 Certate 2500R. Very happy with them, but the line rollers are starting to get noisy. Can I lube with oil, grease or replace with new?

[BASSLAYER]

I have read complaints that some of the rollers go bad after some streneous jigging but that's after a season or two of deep sea jigging.

Service it & see if its still noisy, if so BB might have gone bad.

[Strewth]

I have 2 Certate 2500R. Very happy with them, but the line rollers are starting to get noisy. Can I lube with oil, grease or replace with new?

Remove and then soak in Acetone for a few hours with plenty of agitation. After drying, spin on a pencil and check that they are quiet. If so, pack them with grease before reassembly. This will stop/slow the water ingress which is causing the problem. I get about 4-5 years out of my roller bearings after packing them with grease, and it makes no difference to the reel smoothness - the bearing simply has to rotate under load.

[Cozumel Tom]

God Bless You Australia! Great instructions.
I have a matched pair and both have variation of same noise, so doubtful it's a bad bearing. They have taken a beating with big Steelhead and Salmon for 2 seasons, so abuse is the culprit. I'll try one with oil and one with grease and report back.