Pin punch size

[RiverAngler]

Folks, help me out here. I don't have a pin to measure, so what size pin punch do I need to remove gear sleeves on Penn reels?

Thanks,
Ralph

[RowdyW]

 1/16" I got some at Sears.       Rudy

[RiverAngler]

Thanks Rudy. Sears is one of my stops today.

Ralph

[Bill B]

Brother Ralph, please tell me you broke one on a salmon this week....ill be back in town next week and will be out there nightly.....Bill

[RiverAngler]

Nope, but people are catching them out on the river. I've seen 6 so far.

[Bill B]

Cool beans 

[RiverAngler]

I wish I broke it. It would take a very large Salmon to break a gear sleeve pin on a 4/0. I WANT to catch that fish! 

[Todd Jacobsen]

Tarfu-There doing well in Walnut Grove for salmon 8 yesterday when my partner went that he seen caught. And Rudy thanks for the size

[Bill B]

If they are in WG, then they are in my area at Sherwood Harbor...woohoo....thanks for the updat guys....Bill

[Todd Jacobsen]

Headed out in the am.

[eguinn]

  A 1/16" pin punch is exactly the same size as the pin. I would be afraid of screwing up the inside diameter of the sleeve using this. That being said what I use is a broken drill that is 1 or 2 sizes smaller than the pin. That pin & sleeve should be designed to go together with a light press fit. Make sure that you deburr the area around the top of the sleeve where the pin goes in, I've had a few where there was a slight burr & it's a #### trying to get the main gear over that little burr.

[RowdyW]

equinn, everybody has been using 1/16" pin punches for years. My punches slide right through the sleeves. I never measured them but they are a couple of thousandth undersized right from the manufacturer. They are made to drive out 1/16" pins. All pin punches are made undersized so they fit through the hole they are made for. Just ask any machinest. Try it & you will see without guessing.                  Rudy