Bearing Shields

Started by Caseyp, March 31, 2009, 03:36:17 PM

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Caseyp

Alan,

After reading your posts, I have started servicing my own reels.  Many thanks for all of the information and tutorials.  I am no longer afraid to open up these devices.

I do have a question about where you get replacement bearing shields.  I troll for tunas on the east coast, and prefer to load all of my bearings with grease.  Do you have a source for replacement shields for those bearings I open up?  Reels are Penn International 30(old post style) 30Ts, 30Ss, 50(old post style) 50SW and shimano Tiagra 30s, and TLD25s.  Got a couple of each...

Thanks again!
Casey

alantani

you know, casey, i don't.  if you have a bearing shield that is pressed in, the only way to remove it is to pry it out.  you mangle it in the process.  another alternative is to make a bearing packer.  the design would be similar to the one used to pack wheel bearings for cars.  i looked once and found nothing.  it will probably have to be a custom item from a local machine shop.   alan
send me an email at alantani@yahoo.com for questions!