Text only | Text with Images

Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Conventional and Bait Casting Reel Rebuild Tutorials and Questions => Penn 99/Jigmaster/SurfMaster/Squidder Tutorials and Questions => Topic started by: BryanC on January 22, 2016, 04:21:49 PM

Title: Stainless Steel Spacer for Jigmaster 500/501
Post by: BryanC on January 22, 2016, 04:21:49 PM
I decided to try something a little different for my gear sleeve spacers.  I bought a 1 foot length of ½" diameter x 0.049" wall tubing in 316SS material.  The inside diameter was a little too small to slide over the gear sleeve, so I use a 3/8" sanding tip on my dremel and lightly sanded the ID at the end of the tube while rotating it.  I did this until it would slide over the gear sleeve with little effort, but still a very close fit.

Then I cut off the end of the tube that I had just sanded the ID.  I cut it at about 12.5 mm, and sanded it down to the length I wanted by hand (11.4 mm for this reel).

At 12.7 mm outside dia vs 11.9 mm of the original Penn spacer, it is a much tighter fit to the sideplate opening.  I think it is good enough for my purposes.  I like the look of the SS.  I have one installed in my Cortez-plate 501, and still need to make on for the 500.

Here are pics:

(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/bcraighrst/photo%203_zpsbgxwhna0.jpg)
Original Penn gear sleeve is 11.9 mm outside diameter.  I don't know why, but photobucket won't let me rotate this pic to the correct orientation.

(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/bcraighrst/photo%204_zpsrcbjqhfa.jpg?t=1453392935)
New 316ss sleeve is 12.7 mm outside diameter

(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/bcraighrst/003020f4-00bc-477a-a2e3-3e6c3f0d5fd0_zpscf9kygrs.jpg)
I sanded the length of this one down to 11.4 mm

(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/bcraighrst/photo%206_zpsj5rt8cim.jpg)
Nice fit in sideplate.  There is a shadow on the upper-right side of the photo, not a large gap.  The sleeve is centered in the opening.
Title: Re: Stainless Steel Spacer for Jigmaster 500/501
Post by: BMITCH on January 22, 2016, 06:20:47 PM
Nice work...where did you find the SS tubing??

Bob
Title: Re: Stainless Steel Spacer for Jigmaster 500/501
Post by: swill88 on January 22, 2016, 07:16:42 PM
Quote from: BMITCH on January 22, 2016, 06:20:47 PM
Nice work...where did you find the SS tubing??

Bob

Don't know where Bryan got his but I found it here:

http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=12946&step=4&showunits=inches&id=902&top_cat=1
Title: Re: Stainless Steel Spacer for Jigmaster 500/501
Post by: BryanC on January 22, 2016, 07:18:35 PM
Quote from: BMITCH on January 22, 2016, 06:20:47 PM
Nice work...where did you find the SS tubing??

Bob

Ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/141736582600
Title: Re: Stainless Steel Spacer for Jigmaster 500/501
Post by: BMITCH on January 22, 2016, 07:57:34 PM
Thnx, guys
Text only | Text with Images