Folks, help me out here. I don't have a pin to measure, so what size pin punch do I need to remove gear sleeves on Penn reels?
Thanks,
Ralph
1/16" I got some at Sears. Rudy
Thanks Rudy. Sears is one of my stops today.
Ralph
Brother Ralph, please tell me you broke one on a salmon this week....ill be back in town next week and will be out there nightly.....Bill
Nope, but people are catching them out on the river. I've seen 6 so far.
Cool beans ;D
I wish I broke it. It would take a very large Salmon to break a gear sleeve pin on a 4/0. I WANT to catch that fish! ;D
Tarfu-There doing well in Walnut Grove for salmon 8 yesterday when my partner went that he seen caught. And Rudy thanks for the size
If they are in WG, then they are in my area at Sherwood Harbor...woohoo....thanks for the updat guys....Bill
Headed out in the am.
A 1/16" pin punch is exactly the same size as the pin. I would be afraid of screwing up the inside diameter of the sleeve using this. That being said what I use is a broken drill that is 1 or 2 sizes smaller than the pin. That pin & sleeve should be designed to go together with a light press fit. Make sure that you deburr the area around the top of the sleeve where the pin goes in, I've had a few where there was a slight burr & it's a #### trying to get the main gear over that little burr.
equinn, everybody has been using 1/16" pin punches for years. My punches slide right through the sleeves. I never measured them but they are a couple of thousandth undersized right from the manufacturer. They are made to drive out 1/16" pins. All pin punches are made undersized so they fit through the hole they are made for. Just ask any machinest. Try it & you will see without guessing. Rudy