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apart, clean, oil, and reassemble a reel without 

 injuring it in the least. There is no other course 

 left open to one who happens to be far from 

 repair shops when his reel needs attention, and 

 the sooner he learns how to care for it himself, 

 the better off will he be. 



If your reel has oil-caps, by removing these 

 and the handle, you can oil the end bearings, the 

 pinion, and the handle and gear-post without 

 disturbing the adjustment of the parts. This 

 is an immense advantage, but all bearings should 

 be cleaned before oiling. 



In reels that have capped face plates this is 

 a simple matter, as the screws merely hold the 

 cap in place and exert uniform pressure on the 

 spindle ends, and one may take out the gear, 

 clean its post and teeth, the pinion and all bear- 

 ings, replace the cap by means of three or four 

 screws, none of which enter the pillars. All 

 bearings save one may be cleaned without dis- 

 turbing the adjustment of the frame. In order 

 to get at this one, the face plate of some but not 

 all reels must be removed and the spool taken 

 out. Some reels are easy to readjust because 

 the front plate is held by only one, or at most 

 four screws; but those that have a screw in 

 each one of the five pillars must be readjusted 

 with the utmost care, and patience is necessary, 



