conniek

sure lots of good advice on here. we clean our bearings in bottle cap with lighter fluid. Swishing them around helps release some of the crud. To remove the pin, we just gently tap it straight out and have never bent one. Knock on wood.

bob P. aren't you the bobp on bfhptoo?

wow bob p, using ether. We are wimpies in our shop. Prefer not to use any chemicals or flammable products. I have asthma and didn't want to breathe anything to harsh. It would cost us money to install a venta hood to pull out the vapors I would think. But, if it works for you, then by all means, do it. What we do in our shop may not be the best way, but works for us. Lots of shops do things in various ways and know what works for them too.

wow! no difference if rusty, those pliers do the trick and that iswhat counts. We have learned to remove pin by holding spool and it works great- well, after many many reels and years later, we hav eth technique down pretty good. Good job.

yep, that's a great idea as well. What ever works is the thing to do. a guy took my idea for a bearing puller which is a paper clip or bobby pin opened up and end bent about 1/8 inch or less and had a friend of his who has a shop make him one out of stainless steel. Now, I wish I had one. LOL

Captsully, thanks so much for thekind words. We have helped lots and lots of folks. I wrote an article sometime ago titled"Conniek's Tips and Techniques". It is floating around on lots of the fishing sites. Your webmaster here is welcome to put it up here as well. Glad you like the video and kit.We have not had anyone disapointed yet. We used in the video the products we use in our shop everyday as well as assembled them for the kit. Anglers like to able to maintain their own reels and sure do like the money saved. (so they can buy more at the tackle shows coming up.LOL) thanks again. Anglers on here are pretty knowledgable and have confidence in what they use on reels and like anything else, confidence plays a huge role in our fishing as well as our equipment and choice of things also contribute such as line,hooks, baits, etc and what we believe makes our reel return the best performance possible. Nothing wrong with that for sure. We have done this for so many years that we just share what we know that has made us successful, I believe all products used on reels are probably good if the user knows how to use them properly. thanks again. conniek

Mark Poulson, my gosh, never know who a person will run into nowdays. LOL conniek

the best way to clean bearings is in a small container with lighter fluid. Swish them around and watch the crud comeout of them. air dry or blow dry them. spin on a pencil or screwdriver shaft, if they spin freely, you are good to go. then apply one drop of oil. If they do not spin freely, re-soak and start the process all over again. You should be able to put them to your ear and hear them zing. The trick with bearings is the maintenance and if you do not remember anything else, remember this, one drop of oil per bearing. too much oil will cause the internal balls to get boged down in the oil and not run freely around the raceway. TG'S Rocketfuel in the Yellow is excellent. However, if you prefer some other kind, try it, but remember, one drop. we use a toothpick or syringe. If you can't get bearing off a spool due to a pin holding it on, squirt lighter fluid into bearing, prop it up, soak it and empty it then air dry or blow then spin and oil. same process, but removing pin can be scary. if you bend the pin, you wll be buying new spool. We remove pin by using a small ball peen hammer and gently holding spool, tap out the pin. Carefully. Good luck.

I am not on here to advertise. I found this site from statcounter and it shows where visitors come from. I have a video that we produced for folksjust like you wanting to learn how to take ownershipof their own reels. It is a maintenance video. We have demystified the big mystery and made the process very simple. Good luck to you.