Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # ReelClean Professional Service and Repair of Spinning, Baitcast, Overhead and Fly Reels ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://reelclean.com.au/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Factory Workshop Service? YGBSM!](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/2023/03/27/factory-workshop-service-ygbsm/) - Another customer badly let down by a reel manufacturer's own "workshop"; this time it is a $1500 reel written off, and the care factor of the service centre is zero! I receive a reel for service from a local tackle shop: customer says reel hard to wind, bail arm tight, the list goes on... Start - [About Screwdrivers for reels; or for anything actually…](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/2022/12/25/about-screwdrivers-for-reels-or-anything-actually/) - Hands up anyone working on reels (or any device for that matter) who has managed to destroy the heads of those cheesemetal screw heads? Anyone? Yeah, me too - and I did for many a year working on everything from reels to cars to motorcycles to aircraft. Then I happened upon a mention of JIS - [Sometimes I am astounded....](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/2023/02/24/sometimes-i-am-astounded/) - So I get a phone call from a customer who tells me that one of his mates has pulled up his 8000SW Stella previously lost in 25m of water at one of his favourite GPS marks out wide. I guess that actually hooking it is more than astounding; it is impossible! Anyway, this reel was - [Another trick for removing stuck bearings from sideplates](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/2023/03/09/another-trick-for-removing-stuck-bearings-from-sideplates/) - Accurate Boss LD with the obligatory pinion support bearing stuck in the sideplate. Tried all the usual tools, tricks (including harsh words and expletives) but no movement. It didn't have much rotation due corrosion etc so I thought it was time to go full retard on it. Out came the drill, selected the next size - [I don't want to sound snarky, but...](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/2023/01/25/i-dont-want-to-sound-snarky-but/) - I had a reel brought to me that had come back from a factory service. There was a misunderstanding by the customer because the bail wouldn't trip. A quick look at the body/rotor flange showed no bail trip ramp, so I told him that it was a manual trip bail. All good, but it was - [About cheap reels.....](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/2022/10/24/hello-world/) - Have you ever heard the expression: "the poor man pays twice"? This often applies to the purchase of cheap, department store type, obscure name brands of reels. Many of these reels are made in batch lots by just a few manufacturers (usually based in "you know where") often as a cheap, one off run, and - [Calcutta 400D on the bench today...](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/2022/11/27/on-the-bench-today/) - So in comes a Calcutta 400D; locked up and the level wind is actually displaced into the RH sideplate. Something has come adrift, and I reckon I know what... Carnage had ensued as the plate worked it's way around the sidecover and took out the LW idler gear and the AR pawl. The hole in - [About Daiwa Magseal.........](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/2022/11/11/184/) - Magoil is NOT a lifetime product, it will degrade over time (maybe 3-5yrs in ideal conditions) and eventually turns into a rusty mess. This is due to it’s ingredients: it is basically some derivative of magnetite (which rusts almost instantly when immersed in salt water) coated with a surfactant (to prevent the magnetic particles from ## Pages - [About ReelClean](https://reelclean.com.au/) - Thank you for visiting the ReelClean website! I have serviced fishing reels (and built a few rods) since the late 1980's when I actually had time to go fishing! I have always been a Daiwa/ABU stalwart, but in 2010 Daiwa started to introduce "Magseal" to their range of flagship reels. I resisted the urge to - [Reel Service and Repairs](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/reel-service/) - [Older Posts](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/older-posts/) - [Hall of Shame](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/hall-of-shame/) - [Contact us](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/contact-us/) - ReelClean ABN 90117684123 Dall'alba Close Gordonvale QLD 4865 (by appointment most days, including weekends) Email: info@reelcean.com.au Ph +61418790777 - [Bearings](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/bearings/) - Over 90 different sizes of stainless bearings (both Metric and Imperial) and a few of the standard clutch bearings. Whatever the reel, I should have it covered! - [Daiwa Magseal](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/daiwa-magseal/) - Back in early 2015 (after extensive research) I deduced that Daiwa was, in fact, using magnetic fluid manufactured by Ferrotec. After further research and consideration of the characteristics of the range of Ferrotec fluids I chose APG L11 as a suitable oil to replace the Daiwa Magseals and Mag bearings. Subsequently it was established that - [Carbontex Drags](https://reelclean.com.au/index.php/carbontex-drags/) - Custom drag washers punched from full thickness weave carbon sheet. 0.5 to 1.3mm thickness washers available. Beware of some cheap carbon sheets that have a fibreglass sheet with carbon fibre bonded to each side. 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