I took my $5 bike chain tool and drilled a hole for spool shaft for Shimano Torium 16, took about a second to safely push the pin out and then push it back in.
Hmmm, I have a couple of those. I might have to dig them out and have a look, and anyone with chainsaws might have a breker too. Thanks for the tip!
Steve
Got to find mine and give a look see.
Leo
Quote from: Joel.B on May 02, 2015, 05:36:07 PMI took my $5 bike chain tool and drilled a hole for spool shaft for Shimano Torium 16, took about a second to safely push the pin out and then push it back in.
really old thread but I was looking for more DYI spool shaft pin remover tool and found this.
Joel, do you have any picture of that tool you mod on 2015?
I want something more HD/ strong for the small reels like freshwater low profile and 300 size lowprofile saltwater reels, with stronger I mean more than the normal cross tool, I had gone through few of those because the tip is pretty weak
I bought one of those blue Japanese devices from Hedgehog, the first pin I tried to remove bent the screw thread. I then made a tool from a pair of "locking Pliers" that is strong and fairly easy to use. I also used the bike chain device, I remember it also worked fairly easily but Ive never found a 100% satisfatory tool. The tight pins in the larger reels get damaged sometimes. It is a nuisance system having a bearing behind a pin like that >:(
So a very smart person told me he drilled a small hole on the edge of his bench and he taps the pin into it. I could see overcomplicating it by drilling the hole all the way thru and having a cup in a holder of sorts below it, but...
I have one of those Hedghog gizmos, but usually can't find it. Using a pair of pliers to twist the pin out and push it back in usually works.
I already have my own locking vise pliers with the cut and I was using it with great results but they dont work on small tiny low profile reels, I also found a guy from San Diego, Ca. who likes to made tools for repair fishing reels (kinda like hobby because not always have them for sale) and I was lucky enough to get me one of his own pin retainer creation, that one also works pretty good on any regular size conventional reel as trinidad, etc even better than the modified vise grips, but of course that good pin retainer tool is too big for the small lowprofile reel.
but still looking for something that works on small 200 and 300 low profile reels and strong enough to be used more than 2x before it breaks.
My smallest chain breaker is for #50 chain. I have them for up to 120.
Drill a hole in your bench very close to the edge. Align the pin in the hole and tap it with a small hammer. I learned this from the person I contact to get you daiwa parts. He does a lot of reels.
Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on December 04, 2025, 09:00:08 PMDrill a hole in your bench very close to the edge. Align the pin in the hole and tap it with a small hammer. I learned this from the person I contact to get you daiwa parts. He does a lot of reels.
I once bent a spool shaft on a torium 20 reel for trying to invent the wheel (making my own way to do it) when trying to take that spool pin out.
I dont know why this method you described remained me that, maybe the words "tap it with a small hammer" did it