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Title: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: tortugo on December 07, 2011, 10:44:52 PM
I have a 114h and the pinion gear is rusted tight to the shaft of the spool. Does anyone have a surefire way to remove the pinion gear without destroying it?
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: Norcal Pescador on December 07, 2011, 10:57:41 PM
If you haven't already, soak the shaft and gear in some WD40, kerosene or any other penetrating oil for at least 24 hours. Then try pulling and twisting it off. If that didn't work then soak it again for 48 hours. No guarantee once you get it off, either the spool or gear will be usable if the rust went deep into either one.
Good luck. :-\
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: Dominick on December 08, 2011, 12:32:02 AM
Tortugo:  the answer is below.  I had to modify this post because Sal reminded me that we got chastised by Alan for getting off the subject in the thread I posted before.  Dominick
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: Alto Mare on December 08, 2011, 12:41:20 AM
Dominick, quit feuling the fire. We already got scolded once from the boss ;)
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: Dominick on December 08, 2011, 01:20:06 AM
Sal:  I didn't mean to put the whole link in just the part where Tidetime puts in the different liquids to break frozen parts apart.
Quote from: Tidetime on April 20, 2011, 01:51:28 PM
Maybe I can add a little info to this site as far as breaking loose rusted objects.  I have a couple International scouts.  If anyone on here knows what they are you know they rust and rust bad.  After some research I came across this info and believe me there is nothing better for breaking stuck bolts. 

Machinist's Workshop magazine tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts. They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrants with the control being the torque required to remove the nut from a "scientifically rusted" environment. The results are as follows;
Penetrating oil........... Average load
None ...................... 516 pounds
WD-40 .................... 238 pounds
PB Blaster ................ 214 pounds
Liquid Wrench ........... 127 pounds
Kano Kroil ................ 106 pounds
ATF-Acetone mix...........53 pounds

The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50-50 automatic transmission fluid and acetone.
Dominick
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: john2244 on December 08, 2011, 01:36:27 AM
Dom,

Good information, thanks.
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: alantani on December 08, 2011, 06:38:47 AM
get two no. 2 flat screwdrivers.  shimmy them underneath the pinion gear at opposite sides, 180 degrees from each other.  if a no. 2 screwdriver is too big, get a no. 1 screwdriver.  now gently turn both screwdrivers clockwise to apply even and equal pressure to opposite sides of the pinion gear and gently lift.   clean the spool shaft with steel wool.  clean the inside of the pinion gear using a drill bit that is narrow enough to slide into the pinion gear without enlarging the hole. 

i know, i need photos for this one.  sorry.  alan
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: alantani on December 08, 2011, 06:44:06 AM
Quote from: Pescachaser on December 08, 2011, 12:32:02 AM
Tortugo:  the answer is below.  I had to modify this post because Sal reminded me that we got chastised by Alan for getting off the subject in the thread I posted before.  Dominick

not a problem!   ;D
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: Bryan Young on December 08, 2011, 06:49:36 AM
also add a little heat to the pinion gear and try not to heat the spool shaft too much in the process.  The pinion should expand slighty to possibly break the rust.  Let it cool down slowly so that the gear doesn't warp.
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: Alto Mare on December 08, 2011, 12:48:01 PM
If you do succeed and you're  not comfortable using a drill bit to clean the pinion gear, maybe this brush kit might come handy.




You could order it from harbor freight tools, I think it was $6.99.
You might have to put that reel to rest though :-\. Good luck!
Sal

Skip the comment above. Of course you will succeed, I thought you were talking about a Newell reel ;D
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: tortugo on December 08, 2011, 08:15:49 PM
Wow! Thank you all for your help. There are a lot of good suggestions. I knew there had to be someone who came up against this problem.
Tortugo
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: Bryan Young on December 08, 2011, 09:28:05 PM
Please let us know how it works out and what method you used.  If you can support it with pics, that will be great.
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: day0ne on December 09, 2011, 06:03:43 AM
This may sound funny but a Mercury mechanic turned me on to this.  The old Mercruiser Engine Cleaner in the spray can (the stuff you spray down the carb) was the absolute best thing for freeing corroded fittings. Spray it, wait a few seconds (or minutes), and the fitting would come loose. The most impressive thing I saw it do was break a tapered joint on a propeller shaft, in fact two of them. Everything else had been tried and after we used this, the props were off in five minutes. Anybody that has ever tried to break a tapered joint, even with a puller, knows how hard it is to do. A caveat. This was the stuff they sold years ago and I'm not sure the current Mercruiser Power Tune Engine Cleaner is the same but for $7 a can, it's worth a try
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: tortugo on November 06, 2013, 12:26:56 AM
I hadn't any luck getting the pinion gear removed so I set it aside and decided to deal with it some other day. I had another stuck pinion gear and I thought that a local mechanic could use his pully remover to fix the problem. I showed him the spool with the pinion gear rusted tight and he thought about the problem for a moment and then he came back with a couple of what might have been screw drivers that had been bent into a j shape. I held the spool and he applied the pressure with the j levers and as sweet as could be off came the stuck pinion gears.
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: alantani on March 29, 2019, 04:36:02 PM
https://youtu.be/RlbyJoE5YEM
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: nelz on March 29, 2019, 04:49:47 PM
Great video Alan!
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: alantani on March 29, 2019, 04:52:50 PM
it's so simple.  wish i would have known this from the beginning.  i could have saved a dozen pinion gears!   :-\
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: Fishy247 on March 29, 2019, 07:05:39 PM
Great video Alan! Thanks! I was soaking them in PB Blaster for an hour to a week, then loosely grabbing the pinion with pliers(hoping to not damage it!) and wiggling it up. Doing it like you show in the video GREATLY increases the odds of saving the pinion! :D
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: Eddie K on February 05, 2020, 06:10:21 PM
I've had pinion gears stuck in spool shaft too.  How I solved it was to place the spool in my deep freezer for 3 to 4 hours, remove the spool from the freezer and warm the pinion gear up with a torch, pop the pinion free with a screwdriver.  Don't overheat the pinion gear.  Works every time for me.
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: Sonnett on February 05, 2020, 10:55:51 PM
I am a great believer in Kroil in these instances. Had an 1840's English shotgun and the percussion nipples had not been removed in over 100 years. Could not budge them with a wrench. A two-hour soak in Kroil and they came out with no problems. Same case with a stuck pinion on a J A Coxe reel. Tapping with a light hammer did nothing. A soak in Kroil and it came right off. Don't spill it as it will cover an entire shop floor in time -- LOL
Title: Re: rusted tight 114h pinion gear
Post by: wussero on February 27, 2022, 08:32:03 PM
I think using heat is best, if possible  rather than penetrating oil.

Liquid wrench penetrating semeed to be best penetrating oil.


See video from Project Farm on youtube.com
https://youtu.be/xUEob2oAKVs