centerpin reel question

[dheitzner]

hey all, i have a couple of centerpin-newbie questions:

can anyone please tell me how to remove the bearings from my islander?

i wanted to get the grease off of them and hit them with some sewing machine oil.

also, i've heard that some guys run their reels dry. what's the deal with that?

thanks alot,

darcy

[eyefish]

i have had my centre pin for about 12 years and i have never done anything to my bearings, and it runs just as good now as it did when i bought it

[Greencoachdog]

Wouldn't a long cane pole and a cork do the same thing for lots cheaper?

[canadian_copper]

your islander should have sealed bearing bro!!! ya cant do nothin to that lol

never seen it or heard of it but runnin dry i can only think of for winter fishing!!! some grease stiffin up when cold!!! no grease = no stiff lol

[kentooley]

PostPost subject: Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:22 pm

 

 

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Take it apart...clean every nook and cranny you can find with "goo B gone". Then drop some Zippo lighter fluid into each bearing (no need to remove them) put the spool onto the pin and work the fluid in...repeat until the thing ZINGS....

 

The lighter fluid is naptha which breaks down and cleans any risidual oil or packed grease inside the bearings...DO NOT OIL or re-grease...not ever. Just clean the reel and repeat this process at anytime the reel seems to slow a little, not that it ever will...

 

If you are concered about damage, don't be...I own several reels all of which I use this process on and all of which start up faster than most of the same species. All of my reels are very well cared for and some that are in excess of 10 years old still look and run better than new!

[kemper]

I dont know about your reel, but I just took apart my raven pin and degreased/regreased and it works even nicer than before!

[jdmls]

the only way to get the bearings out of the stanton is to bang em out with a screwdriver and a mallet. The bearings are pressure fitted in so you have to go through the centre of one bearing to get to the inside of the other with a screw driver and tap it out, the n doo te same fro th other side...it pretty much impossible to do without ruining the bearings, but figure if you have to take them out , its to change them so they old ones would be scrap anyway....

[dheitzner]

thank alot for the replies guys,

tight lines,

darcy