Great vid and i agree 100% it may not be a super high end reel but it shows that you care for your equipment and your dollars go a bit longer with proper maintenance
Thank you SOOO MUCH!!! I couldn’t find anything else on it & my Lew’s reel started acting up, I kept it instead of tossing it & cleaned it up, oiled/greased it, it works awesome again & I used it probably 6-7 years before it started jamming up, thanks again!!!
I'm so glad I found this video, definitely spot on. Speaking from experience, make sure you put the washers back in the right spot. I put the one for the bail in the wrong spot.
awesome video!! just what I was looking for! I have quite a few Lew’s spinning reels I want to clean, grease, and oil. your up close views and simple explanations are really going to help. 😄👍🏼
thanks for the vid, ive looked everywhere for a lews spinning reel takedown. i have a speed spool ss and its got quite a few parts, this simplified it well.
Great video on how to fully take apart the Lews reels. Some are a bit different inside near the clutch system but this video gets you close to know how to confidently clean it. My only suggestion is the soak the bearings in brake clean first then oil them. from factory most are filled with grease and not oil. so adding just oil doesnt give much benefits and its doesnt mix with grease. I soak em quick which removes all the grease. then oil them. spin like high speed bearings even with stock ones. Thanks again for the great vid!
Thanks for making a video with an explanation of the steps. My Mach 2 has a one way clutch with a plastic inner sleeve that then has another metal bushing that sits inside the plastic sleeve. The plastic sleeve has six notches for six small pins and try as I may, I cannot reseat those pins. Didn’t see anything on your video about this. Any ideas? TIA
Hey gramps. I took apart the bar from the bail with a torque star key. Some serious grime buildup in those little pockets. I can't seem to get the spring back in with the bar. I don't see you messing with that part during the video, any tips?
Dos the factory grease have moly in it 🤔 is pretty white. The bearing is not have a seal on it to put oil. And can you clean out the bearings with mineral sprit and put new oil in them. Just wondering.
I'm not a fan of that white grease lew's uses. To me it doesn't offer as much lubrication as it does moisture protection. I'd rather use cal's, shimano, daiwa, or penn grease (that order is my favorite to least). The bearings are shielded but not sealed. Sealed bearings are more for saltwater fishing. Shielded bearings do a pretty good job of keeping dirt out. The advantage to shielded bearings is that they are easy to oil and with sealed bearings that rubber seal has to be removed to lubricate it and that will cause some damage to the seal, plus the rubber WILL deteriorate and that can gunk up the bearings plus when it does deteriorate the bearing has nothing to protect it. I'm not sure about mineral spirits but I'd clean the bearings by getting a cloth wet with a degreaser that evaporates quickly then wipe it down and leave it to dry for a few minutes and use some reel oil to lube the bearing. I prefer lucas reel oil but daiwa, shimano, hot sauce oil, or penn oil will all work good.
I just got a used Lew's Mach 2 that definitely needs some greasing inside, but I'm too scared to take it apart and do so because every time I've done that in the past, I always got a horrible grinding every time I reassemble it, and nothing ever fixes it. :(
@@FishINwithGRAMPS So I did it with your help, and while the reel is butter smooth now, it still grinds and makes a constant noise. I believe the main gear is worn out. do you have any idea if the mach 2's all share the same parts? My cousin has a mach 2 with no spool, but it's a size 300 where mine is a size 200, do you think the parts could be interchangeable?
@@FishINwithGRAMPS yeah I asked them already, all they did was reply with an address to ship it to that would cost $25 + parts + return shipping, lol. Thanks for replying.
Hey man if u can find one could you do a disassembly on a lews SG300CR cause it's my best spinning reel I just took it fully apart and can't get the gears to stay meshed thought I had it then it locked up P.S. its and issue with the slide gear
I had that happen. If i'm on the water I'll just pull off all the line and go down the lake and pull the line in the water, the reel it in. If at home, I'll just walk down my yard and pull off all the line, then reel it back in through the grass to straighten it out
Mine didn't feel great, followed your intructions to a T, evne identical oils and grease, after assembly it was grinding 10x as bad. Took it back apart, wiped everything down cometpely and regreased, and was even worse the second time. Pretty sure it's coming from the bearings in the zero stop. It's a mach 2 300, exact same reeel as you have. Bottom line, fuck all this and buy a new reel if it's not spinning well.
