Once was a post on here about trouble removing spools from IC3 reels as they come with 4 spools. Mine are brand new and so no problem. I greased them just in case. At the time I greased them they worked fine. Have now set up. Cannot get spools off. I have been unable to find that thread or post. Any ideas or help out there? Would appreciate it. If not I have 3 Scierra reels with 12 spools that I won’t even put a line on. What a waste.
I soaked them in hot water and got them off.
ummm why do you have to soak them in hot water to get the spools off??
I would guess that there is a very tight fit with the spools, and when Gemrod greased them it only allowed a tighter fit ie somthing like suction to form.
When Gemrod soaked them in hot water the spools expanded enough that the suction was broken and the spool came off. I would clean the grease off and try graphite or somthing dry on the spool.
Just my thoughts
Eric
Yes Eric. I had greased them. The reason I greased them was an earlier thread was a person complaining he did not like the IC3’s because he cannot get the spool (cassette) off to change to one of the other 3 cassetes that come with it. Maybe that wasn’t a post…I think it was a review I read on Cabelas after I had bought mine. Anyway I thought he had originals and they were stuck. So I figured I would grease mine and then not have any trouble. Well they sat for a few months and I couldn’t get mine off either. I ran hot water over the spool arbor and no help. Decided to nuke a bowl of water and soak them. That worked. Wish I had seen your post. I already cleaned them with denatured alcohol and have now OILED them instead of greasing them. I oiled them with Hot Sauce reel OIL instead of their grease.
Will see what happens. I like the reels although I haven’t fished one yet. Basically a reel with four quick change spools or cassetes is exackery what I want. I would like to go out on the lake with a rod and be packing a floating line, a sink tip line, an intermediate line and a full sink line. Great…but if you can’t change the cassettes in the field it’s just one reel.
If this doesn’t work I will try your suggestions Eric. And thanks for the time.
I think you might be right about the tight fit and expansion Eric. They are not that tight of a fit when new. Just a nice snug fit. But you got me thinking about the expansion. Perhaps their is a different expansion and contraction rate between the ALUMINUM reel and arbor…and the PLASTIC cassettes that slide over the arbor. This problem may just keep on happening.
must be alot of work changing out the spools in the middle of the stream going from a floating to sinking line 
seems like a poor design of the reel and cassette 
I have thought of doing the same thing with all my freshwater reels, except I want to do it with medalists 1494s. Makes sense to be able to switch back and fourth if something goes wrong, that way your never out of fishing because of a broken reel.
Eric
Eric,
I just have the situation where I go out on the lake with friends…and they tell me they are catching them on an intermediate sink line…and I don’t happen to have one in my boat. That is why I want the options of 4 lines with me on the boat. So I can change if I think it will help me catch fish.
The graphite didn’t work. Actually made it much worse. Worth a try but not the answer.
I do have some good news though for those why have IC-3 reels. One of mine came from Cabelas missing the rubber O ring. Cabelas said they would help but never heard from them again. Scierra used to have a branch or store in the US in the midwest. I called them and they have closed. So there is NO rep in the Us. And I messages to their Denmark office went unanswered.
I searched O rings on the net and a place that had the correct size…had to buy a minimum of $20 worth…and I wanted two different sizes…meaning $40 plus shipping.
Surprise surprise…local Ace hardware has them for 49 cents apiece. Bout time I got lucky.
im sorry the graphite didnt work, good luck finding the answer
Eric