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Conventional and Bait Casting Reel Rebuild Tutorials and Questions => Penn Tutorials and Questions => Topic started by: Pelagicide on September 03, 2018, 06:59:30 PM

Title: How do you get the bearings out of the cups? Penn 970 Mag
Post by: Pelagicide on September 03, 2018, 06:59:30 PM
I found a 970 that's in as close to mint condition as used reels come - this one not only had never been fished, it's never been spooled - So I decided to upgrade the bearings to ABEC 7 ceramic bearings and removed the cups but the bearings are apparently in there to stay! Short of ordering a bearing puller from eBay and waiting 3 weeks for it to get here from Hong Kong (I couldn't find any that shipped from within the US) is there anything I can do?
Title: Re: How do you get the bearings out of the cups? Penn 970 Mag
Post by: nelz on September 03, 2018, 11:17:32 PM
If they're like the Senators' cups, you just bend a piece of metal in a way that will allow you to slide it under the bearing and then just pull it out. The tool you make just has to be strong enough for the pulling. Alan T uses the "Penn tool" and bends the screwdriver end for this.
Title: Re: How do you get the bearings out of the cups? Penn 970 Mag
Post by: Gfish on September 04, 2018, 06:08:21 AM
Does the 970 ball bearing assembly have a retainer pushed
into the cup on topa the bearings?
Title: Re: How do you get the bearings out of the cups? Penn 970 Mag
Post by: Alto Mare on September 04, 2018, 09:54:05 AM
Quote from: Pelagicide on September 03, 2018, 06:59:30 PM
I found a 970 that's in as close to mint condition as used reels come - this one not only had never been fished, it's never been spooled - So I decided to upgrade the bearings to ABEC 7 ceramic bearings and removed the cups but the bearings are apparently in there to stay! Short of ordering a bearing puller from eBay and waiting 3 weeks for it to get here from Hong Kong (I couldn't find any that shipped from within the US) is there anything I can do?
The 970 has some good quality bearings, if the reel wasn't used much, try a couple of drops of good oil and go fish.
See how that feels for you and take it from there.

These reels are equipped with a magnet, free-spool might not be an issue.


You've probably already seen this:
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=10273.0
The lrft side bearing isn't hard to remove, I'm also showing the layout.

Sal


Title: Re: How do you get the bearings out of the cups? Penn 970 Mag
Post by: Pelagicide on September 11, 2018, 02:13:56 AM
Thank you - that is just what I needed. One more question - the bearings are listed as different part numbers and I'm guessing different sizes - I have the correct bearing for the right side but now need to know what the other one is as I'm just guessing here but putting an ABEC 7 in one side and leaving the other as stock probably won't improve the casting any.
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