112h Bearings?

[Fullaphish]

  Does the 112h have bearings or bushings.  I just got the new ones i ordered and they don't look like bearings to me.  I'm new to servicing my own reels so sorry if this has already been asked

[akfish]

The older 112H had bushings. My understanding is that the current Chinese-made model, the 112H2, has ball bearings.

[Bulldawg]

Definitely bushings just did A complete maintenance on mine. Probably will never use it due to its weight. would like to put A better handle on it in case I feel nostalgic.

[Irish Jigger]

My understanding is that the USA made 112H reels have brass screw in bushes and the Chinese made 112H2 reels have ball bearings fitted. A retrograde step in my opinion as Penn bushes never had issues whereas the older 113H reels fitted with ball bearings had.

Bulldawg, try fitting a Penn 24-56 three position handle to your 112H, big improvement over the standard handle.