Shimano Stella FE strip down

[fangc]

Hopefully not a repost but i find it interesting. It's a pretty long video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3zdD_5LXnw

[Green Hornet]

You could also have a look at this.
http://www.breammaster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38669
I found it handy when I first serviced mine.

[nagz]

A more condensed version

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XtSj8EarU-c

[nagz]

Anothery

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs3n8kkwJI4

[royourboat]

Does anyone bother stripping down a stella after purchase like you would do with a less costly reel..? I presume its not necessary due to the reel having a much better quality control and hence more care taken in appropriate lubrication.

[PM79]

I would check the factory lubrication at least.

[manno]

Just watched the vid.......

Im about to turn a couple of 2000 fe's into a box of bits!

[fangc]

Originally Posted by manno

Just watched the vid.......

Im about to turn a couple of 2000 fe's into a box of bits!

I did that couple days ago. Hardest part was that $@#$@# screw holding the rear cover!

Originally Posted by manno

Just watched the vid.......

Im about to turn a couple of 2000 fe's into a box of bits!

photos manno! I require lots of detail and photos of your journey from turning these reels into bits.

look forward to them

[nagz]

Here's some photos from a previous fe session

www.breammaster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38669

[manno]

Originally Posted by SLAZMO

photos manno! I require lots of detail and photos of your journey from turning these reels into bits.

look forward to them

Ill try and get some photos. Should hopefully read something like the thread by Meh? (thnx Nagz). But probably with a few left over washers or something! Ill be very surprised if they go back together feeling better than before. Ive heard people say main gears and pinion gears need to go back together in the exact tooth location they were in, but others have told me it doesnt actually matter at all....?

Originally Posted by manno

Ill try and get some photos. Should hopefully read something like the thread by Meh? (thnx Nagz). But probably with a few left over washers or something! Ill be very surprised if they go back together feeling better than before. Ive heard people say main gears and pinion gears need to go back together in the exact tooth location they were in, but others have told me it doesnt actually matter at all....?

highly doubtful that you’ll ever get them to be smooth like before, unless you can remember / mark the pinion and drive gear when removing?

Honestly it'll quieten down after a bit of remeshing, this happens to all my reels.

Manno, as you disassemble the reels, take a 'memory' photo as you go, certainly helps with reassembly!

[manno]

Originally Posted by SLAZMO

highly doubtful that you’ll ever get them to be smooth like before, unless you can remember / mark the pinion and drive gear when removing?

Honestly it'll quieten down after a bit of remeshing, this happens to all my reels.

Manno, as you disassemble the reels, take a 'memory' photo as you go, certainly helps with reassembly!

So it does actually matter if the teeth line up the same as before i pulled it apart?

[PM79]

Originally Posted by manno

So it does actually matter if the teeth line up the same as before i pulled it apart?

That is only true for reels where the drive gear isn't round.

Originally Posted by reLapse

That is only true for reels where the drive gear isn't round.

your telling me that there are square drive gears?

Originally Posted by manno

So it does actually matter if the teeth line up the same as before i pulled it apart?

depends on who you ask? Bit like when a chain comes off a bike when it goes back on it may feel clunky - its never going back on in the same spot.

For me, I like to change the teeth location - shares the wear and disturbes the wear pattern. One thing I noticed very much on my little workhorse Saros 1000F, was wear pattern emerging. When you disrupt it 'noise' is what comes out of it - thats my 2c.