okuma vs 40 maintenance
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Printed Date: 27 May 2026 at 5:58pm
Topic: okuma vs 40 maintenance
Posted By: bush
Subject: okuma vs 40 maintenance
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2009 at 8:14pm
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my okuma got full service and switched to left hand wind about 3 months ago but has been running pretty tight so opened it up for a look. full of crusty grime build up and corosion that took a lot of wire brushing to get off - i doubt it got opened up when it got serviced - prob just did the handle switch. Its still not quite 100% and i have 1 spare screw left.....took everything apart which wasnt too bad but putting it all back together today was more of a challenge. couldnt get the oval shaped gear off as bearing was seized onto housing.
Is this crud build up usual? Anyone had much experiance ripping these reels to bits?
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Posted By: Tagit
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2009 at 8:31pm
| I am no Okumka expert, but if that is 3 months worth of 'crud' you must have been giving that reel a pretty wet time. One screw left is a bit of an issue. I would find where that sucker goes if I was you. Did you grease all the mating siurfaces when you reassembled the housings? You certainly seem to have an issue with water ingress. |
Posted By: brown
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2009 at 8:39pm
if you like, put it all in a box and send it to me. i have serviced several of these particular reels. there was a slight issue from factory regarding particular metals used with these, and these have since been rectified. i'll pm you my address, give the reel the "once over" and get it back to you asap |
Posted By: Uncle
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2009 at 8:41pm
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I have one & have pulled it to bits numerous times.
Mine is mostly used landbased ( occasional boat) but has never looked like that.
Is yours used for yak fishing?
The oval shaped gear ( transmission gear) is a buggar of a thing to get sorted if you ever do manage to release it.
Have you had a look at the Okuma site for the schematics to help locate the left over screw?
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2009 at 8:42pm
| Find out where the screw goes, they all have a purpose. I'm fair and square with Tagit there, it looks like it has been dunked some time ago. |
Posted By: Phishpula
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2009 at 9:09pm
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That sucks Bush! After all the upside downs I do, my softbait spinning reel doesnt look like that when it gets the monthly open up. I would send it to a pro asap. ------------- Turtle free since 2012 |
Posted By: bush
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2009 at 9:14pm
| thanks for that mr brown and other comments. i will send north, complete with the spare screw! yep i do use it on the yak and has had a few waves over it in last 18 months but have used a dry bag for last 6 and thought it would be looking good after the last "service". i reckon if even 1 tooth out on lining up the gears it wouldnt run as smooth as its meant too - and my rough eye had trouble lining up a small triangle down through a little hole. |
Posted By: Kenshin
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2009 at 9:24pm
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same shock I had when I opened my VS80 which I serviced first time about a month ago...  heaps of corrosion and factory grease thickened like dough. Used it solely landbased and it never got submersed only occasional saltwater splashes. Quite dissapointed as its only a year old compared to my older shimano baitrunners which was totally mint inside. Used almost a tube of reel grease and heaps of CRC on it. Not gonna buy Okumara reels soon until I hear some good news  .------------- Be patient and calm – for no one can catch fish in anger. –Herbert Hoover |
Posted By: sooshee
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2009 at 11:30pm
Anyone know what those holes circled in red are for? Would they have been major areas responsible for water ingress?
 Looking at a pictures of the external body, it looks like those holes and the whole bottom seam of the real are covered in such a way that once water gets in, it can't easily seep out:
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Posted By: brown
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2009 at 12:51am
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pm sent kenshin |
Posted By: bush
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2009 at 5:22pm
| yes well spotted sooshee. i think they are for easy access to grease the gears but seem to work best at letting water slosh around in reel. the reels are very nice to fish with and have pulled in a heap of fish with my one. I think once i get this one up to scratch with mr brown i will keep it well tucked away in dry bag when in danger of too much of a splashing and get the side casing off more regularly. |
Posted By: Kenshin
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2009 at 9:40pm
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Got your PM brown.. once I got my reel back from Raro, Ill send it asap.
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Posted By: Monty
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2009 at 9:46pm
That doesnt look good, good spotting Clarence, maybe a bit of thick grease or glue  in those holes may help somewhat.
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Posted By: brown
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2009 at 10:08pm
| bingo monty...load em up with grease |
Posted By: Uncle
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2009 at 12:19am
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After looking at those pics I decided to give mine a birthday.
In dire need of some oil & a bit of grease but apart from that, not a skerrick of rust or salt build-up.
This reel would be 3 years old & has done a bit so I'm more than happy with it.
( re-assembling , I managed to cross thread the rotor nut--buggar--now have to figure how to sort that
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Posted By: Boz19
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2009 at 9:28am
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This thread has reminded me that my Symetre could do with an open up and my Redback is sounding a bit sick so will do that as well. Anyone know if tacklesharpe or anyone has reel grease and oil available online?Ta
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Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2009 at 10:25am
This is the reason I now have Stella's and give them regular maintenance........and the odd hug 
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Posted By: Boulder
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2009 at 10:32am
bollocks Mozza its more to do with the non swimming ability of your Sols
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Posted By: Boz19
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2009 at 8:46pm
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if anyone interested found some reel grease online at discountfishingsupplies.co.nz
seems ok, some sort of teflon grease. guess I'll see when it arrives how good it is
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Posted By: Stefan
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2009 at 11:32pm
| I'm looking at purchasing a Okuma Salina 30 baitrunner, have heard they have a great drag in them but this thread is making me think twice. Would've thought they'd be more robust then this.... |
Posted By: jamesdaulton
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2009 at 11:51am
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There is a difference between the Okuma VS and the Okuma VS 'a' series. From what I understand the VS 'a's have had their components updated to counter the corrosion problems that the VS's had. There are still alot of VS reels on the shelf - so take care if you are buying a VS reel.
I have bought a 55 VSa - and teamed it with a braid concept rod. I have gone from not liking Okuma gear (at all after several failiers) to being very happy with it in a very short time.
The only complaint with the reel is the grub screw that attaches the handle is not up to the job.
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Posted By: GingaMatt
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2009 at 12:06pm
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Gota keep em dry boys, I service hundreds of reels every season some of which in worse condition than that. One thing to remember is that nothing is kayak proof!!.
Bush, If you had that "Serviced" three months back and you havnt thrased the crap out of it, then I would be taking it back mate, Send a PM if you want a proper job done!!
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Posted By: legionaire
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2009 at 11:59am
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hi everyone,i cant believe that any of these reels just end up like this after normal use, i have two okuma reels plus various other brands and they all get regular use an never look like these ones do. i admit i do make sure that if any of my reels get any saltwater in them ,i strip them and give them a rinse in freshwater then leave to dry, after that i regrease,oil then put away for the next fishing trip.all of these reels look like they have been dunked in the ocean then just left to rot.come on everybody we all know how harsh the marine eviroment is on anything metal.once we all realise this im sure most of these issues would not arise.
if anyone is interseted i have found that this product seems to be working really well at stopping this type of corrosion http://www.corrosionx.com/ - http://www.corrosionx.com/ .
also would be very interested to hear where you got your reel serviced ?
thanks
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Posted By: brown
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2009 at 2:27pm
a bit of a delayed update for the guys that were following this topic, i sent bush's reel back to CD the Okuma agents here and they replaced
the parts under warranty no questions asked and received it back in a speedy manner. This is a true testiment of how great these guys are to deal with and their back up service is second to none |
Posted By: Busted!
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2009 at 7:17pm
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Yeah, had some good service from them as well. If you do your own service an average marine-spec grease is fine for inside the reel and a damn sight cheaper than the muck you get in the tubes at the tackleshop. $5 per cartridge 650gms vs $5 per 15gm tube. Brush a fine layer over everything in the gear and frame department and Bob's you Auntie... Marine grease is NOT good for drags though.
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Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2009 at 7:29pm
Hmmm I sent them an email re a warranty request about 2-3 months ago. Heard nothing and then a couple of weeks I ago I received an email catalogue (spam) from them so they obvioiusly received my email. Sent an email back in response and again heard nothing......  ------------- LedgeNZ LBG |
brown wrote:Posted By: Stefan
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2009 at 10:56am
| I bought a Okuma 40 baitrunner the other day from smart marine. Opened the reel up and it looks mint inside everything has been well lubed greased etc well impressed. Can't wait to get out and use it |
Posted By: bush
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2009 at 1:21pm
| Thanks very much mr brown. appreciate yours and okumas help. gave the reel a good workout yesterday and nailed 12-15 fish on it out at the bach no probs at all - very smooth winching when under pressure which it wasnt doing before your rebuild. being on the yak for most of my fishing it does get more exposure to H2O than most reels so will keep up the maintenace every couple of months now. see you down at the bach one day. |