Browsing through this sub-forum, I'm seeing what may be diffrent terms used to describe Avet parts, especially the ball bearings. My Avet is an SX 6/4-MC. The outside(to the head-plate) most spool shaft b.bearing is called by Avet, an "End Housing Bearing"#48(the smallest pinion gear fits down into it) and the next b.bearing moving inward is called the "Drag Bearing"#20(fits into the other side of the pressure plate, which Avet calls the " Brake Disc").
Which one is what people are calling the "pinion bearing"?, i.e. the one that gets crushed all the time?
I believe it's #48 END HOUSING BEARING. It takes the axial load from the spool shaft.
Thanks AJ. That was my best guess for a "pinion bearing", but lookin and thinkin about lever drag function on this reel, it just wouldn't come to me.