I recently picked up a penn international 30tw that Cal two speeded and blue printed. All bearing do not have removeable shields. They spin fine but I would prefer to rip the shields out, properly grease them and reinstall without shields. Is this not a good idea? I am trying to avoid buying new bearings if I don't have to.
-Joe
Quote from: thunnus69 on August 26, 2017, 02:57:34 PM
I recently picked up a penn international 30tw that Cal two speeded and blue printed. All bearing do not have removeable shields. They spin fine but I would prefer to rip the shields out, properly grease them and reinstall without shields. Is this not a good idea? I am trying to avoid buying new bearings if I don't have to.
-Joe
generally, i like spool bearings open, cleaned, lubed and installed open. non-spool bearings i like to see packed with grease and the shields left on. if you have a shield held in by a retaining ring, they carefully pick out the retaining ring, carefully remove the shield, pack the bearing with grease and replace the shields to hold in the grease. if you have a shield that is pressed in, then the only way to remove the shield is to pry it and that ruins the shield. a bearing packer is your best bet at that point, but bearing packers are expensive.
Thanks Alan. I was hoping to use the grease fitting you recently sent me. I have used a fish hook to take springs out and remove shields. Unfortunately these do not have a spring. I may end up replacing the bearings with removable shields. Where's the best place to get a full set?
smoothdrag.com and bocabearings.com are the best places.
I don't service that many reels (not like some here) BUT I have found that Alan's bearing packer is the Bees Knees ;D
It doesn't matter if the bearing has shields, or not, it will still get the grease in there.
Consider it an investment for the future.
This assumes the Boss still has some :-\
yup, got a bunch. send a pm if interested. thanks!