Daiwa Ballistic 4000SH main shaft/rotor removal help

[Mike Mendez]

I'm trying to remove the rotor and main shaft from my Daiwa Ballistic 4000SH and I'm stumped on how to remove the hardware on the shaft.  In particular #14 and the pin #15. 

The schematic shows that the bearing should slide right off, but #14 seems to hold them captive.  If someone could verify that they do slide off, I'll try lubricant and heat to try pulling them off.

I can't seem to be able to find the pin that is seemingly holding #14 on the shaft.  Maybe under the bearings?  Any help to remove the bearings and #14 would be greatly appreciated.

-Mike

[Gfish]

Not real sure what I'm looking at from the schematic picture. All the spinners I've worked on have an attachment for the spool shaft inside the gear box at the oscillation block. Once you remove that maybe you can remove the shaft + the spindle assembly as single unit, then remove the rotor nut.

[ReelClean]

The pin is captive under the bearings, which have a habit of seizing on the shaft due dissimilar metal reaction.  When you get the bearings off get out the magnifier and just check whether there is a hex shaped hole in that "pin".  A couple of the latest Daiwa reels have a grub screw ala Shimano; it's even the same size hex, 0.9mm.

[Mike Mendez]

The pin is captive under the bearings, which have a habit of seizing on the shaft due dissimilar metal reaction.  When you get the bearings off get out the magnifier and just check whether there is a hex shaped hole in that "pin".  A couple of the latest Daiwa reels have a grub screw ala Shimano; it's even the same size hex, 0.9mm.

Thank you!

I found the pin! I added lubricant and wedged two razor blades (wearing nitrile gloves) in between them and wedged them apart. Then used two flat head screwdrivers to wedge them more. The pin was under the top bearing and easily came out then the whole assembly slipped off.

I'm definitely going to clean the shaft and added some grease when I reassemble it.