[fish devil]

Originally Posted by clamboni

I made a tool for this.......Just cut the tip of one jaw off a pair of needle nose pliers. Cut a slot in the cutoff end with a dremel. I cut another slot in the side of the cutoff jaw, too for if I couldn't fit the tip of the jaw onto the pin. Put the slot around one end of the pin and close the pliers over the other end and the pin will pop right out. Works great.

My camera is dead, I'm charging it now and will edit my post with pics in a little while.

I also made a pin remover tool from flat nose pliers. I made mine so one side removes the pin and then flip them over to put the pin back in. It centers the pin perfect.

[conniek]

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

[clamboni]

Excuse the rusty pliers.......old pair I found in the bottom of the boat.

[conniek]

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.

[BobP]

I spray starting fluid (aka ether) into a shot glass, drop in the bearings swish them around a bit and let them sit an hour or so. Cover the glass or the ether will evaporate. It's about the most volatile solvent you can get. Take them out, put them on the end of a pencil and spin them. If they're smooth and fast, they're clean. If not, it's back into the glass. Most shielded reel bearings can be brought back to life this way. When clean, lay them on a paper towel to dry. When dry, they will not spin so fast or smoothly as when they had ether in them to lubricate the balls. A drop of fine oil will relube the bearing. Bearings usually run smoother in one direction, that is the direction they were broken in, so put them back in to rotate in the same direction.

[conniek]

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.

[clamboni]

Naptha is fine, no ether for me. Plus I smoke and use a zippo so I always have plenty of it. Doesn't evaporate as fast either.

[conniek]

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

[pete s.]

there was an article in a magazine many years ago (in the dinosaur days) addressing polishing gears and bearing in baitcast reels. they used toothpaste and added to the gears and bearings to make the old ambassateurs cast more smoothly. it is not as abrasive as lapping compound. a linewinding machine was used to turn the reels to lap the gears and bearings. the reels were cleaned and reoiled. made the reels much smoother.......................pete

[KcDano]

Thats right Pete! The first high speed gears for the old ambassadeur 5000's were made by a individual in Missouri and what you mention is exactly what was done to the reels after installing the high speed gears.