Dawg bone tipups

[webster]

Last season I bought some Frabill Dawgbone tipups great small light tipup for perch loved them.    I stored them in my shed for the summer and got them out yesterday.   OMG they will hardly turn it would take a whale to trip the flag.   No big deal I tore them down and polished the shafts and that seems to have taken care of that ,  question is what does one use for lube on the bearing area needs to be tempture resistant and water proof?   Just wondering what others are doing

[jimyoumook]

i been using HT blue lube on all my tip ups for years and it seems to work great

[chukkrok]

bought these also last yr.. compact,, but stiff too... took em apart and lubed... kinds skeptical about design,, no  spring to adjust spool tension... that woulda been a nice feature.(like alot of others have),, but time will tell ... like the design,, not sure about quality of components.....ice spider seems to be good compact design also...