Pure freedom electric reel servicing.

[Deleted member 11517]

Hi all.

Has anybody serviced there own electric reel yet. The chain has plenty of grease on it but how do you get in it to give it a clean etc is it a case of just unbolthing that side?

Does the motor tension it self of is it a manual tensioner.

Thanks

 

[Part Timer]

We run 8mm off our twin stack, have done for 3 years and never serviced it. Rang them about servicing and they just said it might need greasing and tensioning but as of yet not required.

 

[Pjj]

We just put some spray grease on the chain , and adjust them as and when required, don’t think there is anything else needed .

 

[Deleted member 11517]

We run 8mm off our twin stack, have done for 3 years and never serviced it. Rang them about servicing and they just said it might need greasing and tensioning but as of yet not required.

Thanks for that. When I mentioned about it when buying it from them they said just return it to us and we will service it but that's a hassle even though its only an hour away.

 

[Part Timer]

Thanks for that. When I mentioned about it when buying it from them they said just return it to us and we will service it but that's a hassle even though its only an hour away.

I rang them when it was a year old asking for them to do it, they just replied they were very busy and to do what I said.

 

[Deleted member 11517]

We just put some spray grease on the chain , and adjust them as and when required, don’t think there is anything else needed .

How do you adjust them?

 

[Part Timer]

I assume by taking the side panel, where the chain is, and push the motor back if the chain is slack

 

[Pjj]

How do you adjust them?

Slacken off the 4 nuts on the outside of the reel and move the motor down a bit then re tighten , it’s not that good a way to adjust it but does work with a bit of fiddling.

 

[gwindows]

Slacken off the 4 nuts on the outside of the reel and move the motor down a bit then re tighten , it’s not that good a way to adjust it but does work with a bit of fiddling.

You can take the angle section of above the the panel to to check the tension was told you only need about 5mm tension ,I used two screwdriver to pullthe motor down and tightened the nuts for the overun I was getting. ??

 

[THL4KEL]

Theres a little hole above the chain on mine, I put some mountain bike chain lubrication for wet conditions on the chain via the hole. Worked very well.