Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Quote from: steelfish on October 02, 2024, 05:41:52 PM

Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on October 02, 2024, 05:07:32 PMSo most of our shenanigans on this site relate to attempting to modernize an old reel. I think what makes this one interesting is I'm trying to go the other direction.

there is a reason why those "old reels" are still here with us, so you can still play with them, they use better quality materials than current moderns reels, I see nothing wrong for trying to use "old" techniques or materials on modern reels, you're not the 1st to un-modernize a fishing reel, me either.

kinda related to your attempt on this thread, I had switched the tiny bearings located under the shaft on some saltwater low profile reels (curado 300, tranx 500, komodo,etc) for those oilites Bearings, the tiny bearings under the shaft are very prone to corrode because they sit inside of a "cave" of the sideplate which trap saltwater, a bronze bushing will not suffer as bad as those super tiny balls on the SS bearings, the reel might not be as smooth as before but surely it will have a longer working life

I have always wanted to replace those drive shaft bottom bearings with a bush, but actually never got to doing it.   Slackness and also hard to find sizes down here.

Most of my reels that have a bearing there, get replaced every year when I do a full service, sometimes more frequently.