Alan,
After reading your posts, I have started servicing my own reels. Many thanks for all of the information and tutorials. I am no longer afraid to open up these devices.
I do have a question about where you get replacement bearing shields. I troll for tunas on the east coast, and prefer to load all of my bearings with grease. Do you have a source for replacement shields for those bearings I open up? Reels are Penn International 30(old post style) 30Ts, 30Ss, 50(old post style) 50SW and shimano Tiagra 30s, and TLD25s. Got a couple of each...
Thanks again!
Casey
you know, casey, i don't. if you have a bearing shield that is pressed in, the only way to remove it is to pry it out. you mangle it in the process. another alternative is to make a bearing packer. the design would be similar to the one used to pack wheel bearings for cars. i looked once and found nothing. it will probably have to be a custom item from a local machine shop. alan