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Conventional and Bait Casting Reel Rebuild Tutorials and Questions => Shimano Tutorials and Questions => Topic started by: coastalobsession on December 21, 2011, 04:38:35 PM

Title: Servicing a Roller clutch bearing
Post by: coastalobsession on December 21, 2011, 04:38:35 PM
Heres a Tutorial On how to service a Roller clutch bearing. Pt number 1207. Over all it is pretty easy and worth the small effort and time.


First take the RCB out of the reel
(http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/Coastalobsession/104_0995.jpg)
Next Find a real small regular screw driver (eye glass screw driver will work) and find the small lip and slowly pry it out.
(http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/Coastalobsession/104_0996.jpg)
Once you have it out then you can get a soft tooth brush and simple green and softly brush away the old oil/sand and grease
(http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/Coastalobsession/104_0997.jpg)
(http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/Coastalobsession/104_0998.jpg)
(http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/Coastalobsession/104_1000.jpg)
After brushing the grease off on the cage (blue part) and the housing then you can wipe the excess off carefully with a q tip. Then make sure there are no cotton fiber strands from the q tip on either part.
(http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/Coastalobsession/104_1002.jpg)
(http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/Coastalobsession/104_1001.jpg)
Now you can put the individual metal cylinder back in to the cage
(http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/Coastalobsession/104_1003.jpg)
Once finished then you can slowly place the housing back onto the cage and slowly press down. Notice in the first photo that there are groves in the cage and housing, make sure those line up
(http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/Coastalobsession/104_1004.jpg)
(http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/Coastalobsession/104_1005.jpg)
Once that is done then you can spray some corrosion x in to the RCB and let the excess drain out
(http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/Coastalobsession/104_1007.jpg)
Now you can insert it back into the reel.
Title: Re: Servicing a Roller clutch bearing
Post by: Snagged2 on December 21, 2011, 06:42:25 PM
Interesting,Thanks,,

Looks like the white bearing carrier is directional.. If assembled incorrectly, would the bearing work backwards? or not at all...?
Title: Re: Servicing a Roller clutch bearing
Post by: coastalobsession on December 22, 2011, 01:29:06 AM
It would the cage would not fit in backwards
Title: Re: Servicing a Roller clutch bearing
Post by: Bryan Young on December 22, 2011, 01:50:21 PM
Very nice.  Those little roller disappear easily.  Keep an eye and count on those bearing.
Title: Re: Servicing a Roller clutch bearing
Post by: Nessie Hunter on December 22, 2011, 08:30:19 PM
Most of the One Way roller bearings I have seen or work on have TINY little springs that are impossible (for me) to get back in....

I have never seen one like that.....  What is it out of???

They are to cheap to mess with IMHO...   But good to know, thanks..
Title: Re: Servicing a Roller clutch bearing
Post by: coastalobsession on December 22, 2011, 11:12:04 PM
A shimano curado cu200