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Baitrunner maintenance
by CraftyCarper on Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:57 am
Hi guys,I have 2 shimano baitrunners that are in desperate need of a service,any of you guys know any tips or any links on how to do this?one of the baitrunner systems are stiffening up...or seem to be,any help would be great guys,cheers.
Re: Baitrunner maintenance
by DanDanUK on Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:27 am
CraftyCarper wrote:Hi guys,I have 2 shimano baitrunners that are in desperate need of a service,any of you guys know any tips or any links on how to do this?one of the baitrunner systems are stiffening up...or seem to be,any help would be great guys,cheers.
take it to your local tackle shop mine services reels i'm sure your will do !
Re: Baitrunner maintenance
by noodle on Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:19 pm
CraftyCarper wrote:Hi guys,I have 2 shimano baitrunners that are in desperate need of a service,any of you guys know any tips or any links on how to do this?one of the baitrunner systems are stiffening up...or seem to be,any help would be great guys,cheers.
screwdriver and some grease perhaps
Re: Baitrunner maintenance
by CraftyCarper on Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:51 pm
noodle wrote:CraftyCarper wrote:Hi guys,I have 2 shimano baitrunners that are in desperate need of a service,any of you guys know any tips or any links on how to do this?one of the baitrunner systems are stiffening up...or seem to be,any help would be great guys,cheers.
screwdriver and some grease perhaps
I take it you never seen the inside of a shimano nor serviced one?lol
Re: Baitrunner maintenance
by noodle on Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:00 pm
yup been through em all inc the big baitrunners which make the areo's look like old abu's
honestly its not that hard the only problem you will find is if your heavy handed its fairly easy to snap the spring that disengages the bait runner mechanism
if its only stiff a quick open with just the side plate off will enable you to squirt some soft grease in put it back together leave it in the sun or somewhere warm and the grease will soften up nicely and make a tricky job easy
failing that just open the side up enough to get a suitable (teflon, or ptfe not wd 40) spray lube inside in fact i think you can do that from the rear drag area ill pull one apart later and let you know
honestly its not that hard the only problem you will find is if your heavy handed its fairly easy to snap the spring that disengages the bait runner mechanism
if its only stiff a quick open with just the side plate off will enable you to squirt some soft grease in put it back together leave it in the sun or somewhere warm and the grease will soften up nicely and make a tricky job easy
failing that just open the side up enough to get a suitable (teflon, or ptfe not wd 40) spray lube inside in fact i think you can do that from the rear drag area ill pull one apart later and let you know
Re: Baitrunner maintenance
by noodle on Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:29 pm
er whats happened to the photos?
and step by step stuff
and step by step stuff
Re: Baitrunner maintenance
by Badger on Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:37 pm
Dan has moved them to their own thread! 
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