New Reel Help

[rrw4258]

Ok Guys, i bought another new casting reel tonight at Dick's... It is a Quantum Escalade; 8 ball bearings, very smooth drag, 7.0:1 Burner Ratio, and very long casting, but have a question. When the reel is casted, it makes a lot of noise... not a completely bad noise, it just sound like a fast spinning spool (high rpm sound). Is there anything i can do to do to decrease the noise? Thanks

Ryan

[bothomas]

would be interested to here some answers on as well. I bought a cabela's prodigy this winter that is noisy. I have no complaints about the performance at all, but it is loud. I figured it was just by design, I have never bought one of there reels before.

[Buzz Wing]

Simano Citica does the same thing and works like a charm. Guess it's like getting used to braid singin' when you got a biggun on the end!

-Buzz

[rrw4258]

well bo, what a coincidence i have the cabela's prodigy from 2007, and absolutely love it. It makes NO noise on the cast... nicest reel for under a hundred bucks, IMO.

Ryan

[jooleyen]

I posted about the Prodigy doing the same thing, and I figured that it's just something you need to deal with. I'm not familiar with a Quantum Reel that has 8 ball bearing and is called an Escalade. Could it be a knockoff or some special reel quantum makes? (all of their reels are special)

I think there may be no way around it.

[weaverml34]

The noise is from the bearings spinning on the cast. Chances are during the shipping and receiving process some of the oil in the bearings has run out. I would put a drop of lubricant on the bearings and it will probably improve the noise. It won't totally get rid of it but should help.

[bcklash]

I have 2 of the Escalade spinning reels and love them. I think they were made just for Dick's Sporting Goods but don't that for sure, that's the only place I've seen them except for ebay.