Reel and Drag Grease

[alanw]

I see some conflicting stuff about reel grease. Some posts say use a "blue" grease for the gears and drag grease for the drags.

The LTS guy said use the drag grease for gears and drags alike.

The description of Shimano (http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Shimano_Reel_Grease/descpage-SHRG.html) and Cals (http://www.reeldrags.com/CalsDragGrease.html) drag grease says for reels and drags.


I got some Shimano Star Drag grease, should be good to go for gears too? Apparently it's not the stuff they use from the factory.

[YakDout]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe some drag washers are supossed to be bone dry. If this is the case, make sure your washers are the ones to be greased.

[skrilla]

Everything you need to know here... http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=50.0

But basically only teflon based drag grease such as Cal's touches my drags ( carbon fiber kind, felt drags gets lightly oiled ). Marine grease is too sticky and will cause jerky drags. For everything else ( gears, metal surfaces, and other moving parts ) any of the greases including teflon based will suffice.

[alanw]

Hey thanks Skrilla, nice link! Might be more than I needed to know :)

[battleborn]

shimano drag grease on my HT 100s super smooth.