SHIMANO STELLA 10000FA - DRAG SERVICE

[REEFMAN]

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The FULL Reel Service for the Stella 10000FA can be found here...
http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php/topic,975.0.html













































 
 

[Homie]

Sheesh Tony,

Thats a LOT of parts hey !

[REEFMAN]

Sheesh Tony,

Thats a LOT of parts hey !

And that's just the DRAG system!! 
Now we know why these reels work so well, and why they cost so much....!

[zimbi]

BRAVE  man who strips one of thoes bad boys
id end up in tears

[fedu]

Tony,

How did you know I was going to do maintenance and respooling on my Stella 10000 this next sunday ?

Thanks, now I'll have some refrences in case I mess up anything

[REEFMAN]

Cool Fedu! This is just the Drag service. The entire reel service is on this thread.... http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php/topic,975.0.html

[zimbi]

IM looking at getting a 8000 so thought i would
read that thread to see what goes into a stella
and man that thing has parts

reefman how you did not lose your mind with all thoes tiny springs and screws i do not know

[REEFMAN]

Zimbs, the 8000 is almost identical inside to the 10000, it's an amazing piece of technology!
It just takes patience and good organizing skills to sort them out!

[zimbi]

think il be sending mine off to shimano
iv been doing alot of googling for high end spining
reels and jez there sure is some nice gear out there

some of the jdm (japan domistic market) suff is proper fishing porn

[E.T.]

Awesome stuff Tony, thanx for sharing

[Ianzo]

Hi there, I have a couple of Stella's which after about a years usage I gave to Gani's to send away to service (apparently they send it to shimano SA, probably the distributors I guess)
I have a 8000FA, 10 000sw which I sent away as i knew there had to be some salt building up after some heavy use.
After receiving back the reels, they are very smooth, BUT buch more tight than what they were. To explain if i spun the handle before it would go around 7-8 times by itself it now only does about 3. Obviously they opened the reels, and regreased them and whatever.
But what did they do to cause them to be so tight, I guess it won't be a problem when I'm jiggin when i'm putting in effort, but it just seems that they're not functioning like the did when ou the box?
Want some advice as to what could cause this and what can I do about it? I fear to open then as there are just millions of pieces.
Hope you guys can shed some light
Thanx
Ian

[REEFMAN]

Ian did they replace any parts? If not, then it's probably just a low viscosity grease used on the gears that's causing the "tightness". Don't think it's anything to worry about. As the grease heats up through use, it will become 'looser'. But if you're worried about it, phone up VMC Rapala and ask them what they did and why... would be interesting to find out...?

[Ianzo]

The one reel seized during Jigging, the worm shaft was buggered, they replaced that free of charge. The others were just basic service, so no changing of parts.
 
I also thought it was probably the grease, i'll probably use them on my next trip and see how it goes.
Thanx for the reply
Ian

[isivuba]

Reefman you go about this reel like a surgeon you should be called the "REEF SURGEON" you 

[G6]

 
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