Flanged bearings

Ron Jones · September 23, 2013, 10:50:13 PM

I am working on my grandfathers Diawa 100x. It is a little spinner that I used around his house and is the last thing he gave me before he passed. The shaft through the main gear is located with two plastic flanged bushings that I would like to replace. As much as I don't care for bearings I think it will be easier to find them than bronze bushings. Anyone have any idea for a source?

Thanks
Ron

alantani · September 23, 2013, 11:22:02 PM

boca carries flanged bearings......

Mandelstam · September 24, 2013, 03:07:03 AM

I was looking into bushings the other week and found a source here in Sweden that carried a lot of them. A lot of flanged bronze bushings as well.. So don't give up on bushings yet. What are the dimensions?

/Karl

philaroman · September 24, 2013, 04:13:53 PM

if you go w/ bearings, they don't have to be flanged -- it's not like the outer rim is going to wear against the frame.

not sure about Daiwa, but w/ Shimano only plastic is flanged -- not, brass or BB. I pulled some very nice brass out of old, beat-up, pot-metal Shimano clunkers (MLX-200/300, I think) that are same size as RD-2293 nylon & RD-0930 bearing. obviously, this info is for your TX-4000FA, but the same principle may apply... $2/flea-market beats $20+/mail-order, IMO

Ron Jones · September 25, 2013, 12:19:15 AM

Cool, I'll start looking for those. In the Diawa, I'm pretty sure the bushings would fall out the reel if they weren't flanged. I spent some time looking at schematics and it looks like the 1000x has metal bushings and the Black Magic 10 has bearings that I am guessing are the same size. Mikes has both and I am going with the bushings.

Ron

ez2cdave · December 14, 2013, 09:26:51 PM

I would consider "magging" the reel . . . There are "Mono-Mag kits" from the UK that can be used an MANY different reels !

floating doc · December 15, 2013, 01:56:32 AM

Why and how do you mag a spinner?

ez2cdave · December 25, 2013, 10:27:47 PM

Quote from: floating doc on December 15, 2013, 01:56:32 AM
Why and how do you mag a spinner?

Sorry, I was thinking about a different message thread and typed that by mistake - LOL !

floating doc · December 25, 2013, 11:27:58 PM

Quote from: ez2cdave on December 25, 2013, 10:27:47 PM
Quote from: floating doc on December 15, 2013, 01:56:32 AM
Why and how do you mag a spinner?

Sorry, I was thinking about a different message thread and typed that by mistake - LOL !

Okay, I thought I was going to learn something new!