For this, you will want some Cal's Purple drag grease. Abu ships them dry, and when run dry they can wear over time. As long as you keep those drag discs greased, they will last indefinitely. I only upgrade the reels that came with graphite drags. Now, these newer C3s and C4s have carbon drags right out of the factory, they have been coming with them for over a decade now.

At this time, you should also put a drop on the idler gear stud and the spool shaft area that contacts the spool pinion gear. The beauty of TSI is that it bonds to the metal and takes a very long time to wear away, but it can be cleaned off quite easy with a solvent if you so choose.

My preference is TSI 321, but there are others out there. Once they're clean, let them air dry for a good 15 or 20 minutes, then give one drop each of some good oil. If you have no ultrasonic cleaner, an hour is a good amount of time to leave them in there. Giving it a gentle shake periodically to break up any crud that may be hiding. Next, take the spool bearings and worm bearing and soak them in acetone to remove the old oil. Polish them to a mirror shine, this will remove a lot of friction and it will even be as good as all the added bearings for a fraction of the cost.

With that, you will want to polish all the metal contact points in the rotating assembly such as the brake ring, idler gear stud, spool shaft end (where it contacts the spool pinion), and the insides of the line guide (both where the pawl goes and the area that contacts the worm shield). What you need is a Dremel and some non-abrasive metal polish like Brasso or Blue Magic. Honestly, you really don't need to upgrade anything on them.

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