Super User QUAKEnSHAKE Posted January 13, 2014 Super User Posted January 13, 2014 Use a Bearing Blaster. Bearing Blaster is pretty neat tool. It has two parts one to hold the bearing in place and the other one is to cover the bearing edges which has a hole where you you stick in those CRC/Carb Cleaner/ nossle/straw. Use a CRC brake cleaner w/ bearing blaster to blast out those gunk. The bearing would be sandwich between the bottom plastic and the top plastic. Use your hand to press down the cover while the other hand sprays in the cleaner. The force of the compress cleaner will blast the cleaner into the bearing. Should look like this when preparing. I place the bearing plaster in a bowl catch all the excess cleaner when flushing the bearings. We must shop at the same store spray, bowl, blaster this brake clearner is acetone 1 Quote
Loop_Dad Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Reading this thread made me wonder if I did correctly when I did my reels. Is the grease in bearing dark colored usually? Will acetone clearly get dirty when you flush out factory grease? I wasn't paying attention how dirty it was, but didn't notice the color... Quote
Jaheff Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Reading this thread made me wonder if I did correctly when I did my reels. Is the grease in bearing dark colored usually? Will acetone clearly get dirty when you flush out factory grease? I wasn't paying attention how dirty it was, but didn't notice the color... The acetone will get kinda milky/cloudy like, and you'll notice grease floaties. I've never had the acetone turn colors before. Quote
Delaware Valley Tackle Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Colored lubes like Hot Sauce etc will dye the solvent but it's those white flakes that are the emulsifying grease and oil. I'm also using Perfect Solution upon JF's recommendation. Good stuff. Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 21, 2014 Super User Posted January 21, 2014 NIFTY tool. Looks like I have an order to place today... EDIT: Order placed ! Got my Bearing Blaster in and used it for the first time today. I have to give it a pretty solid thumbs up. Perhaps it won't get a bearing any cleaner than soaking them...but the pressurized brake cleaner going through the bearing seems to flush them out faster. I had been soaking a pretty small bearing (3x7x3) for a while and couldn't get it to spin. Put it in the bearing blaster - gave it a couple shots of brake cleaner, and then spiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnn it went... As baluga mentioned, I put the blaster in a small bowl to catch the run-off and didn't have any escape. You DO want to give short blasts with the brake cleaner or you potentially can have solvent come back up the port for the application straw. 1 Quote
baluga Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 I'm glad it worked pretty well for you Goose! Quote
s freud Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Is it a problem if you have two bearings of the same looking size and mix them up when putting them back after cleaning? If so, how do you keep them straight when putting them in the solvent.? Quote
Super User J Francho Posted January 21, 2014 Super User Posted January 21, 2014 They either fit or they don't. If they are the same size, then there is no issue. Quote
Delaware Valley Tackle Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 I've seen guys spin test a bearing to see which direction it spins best in and install them that way. Myself, if a bearing is "directional" it gets tossed. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted January 21, 2014 Super User Posted January 21, 2014 I made a left turn once, when I should have made a right turn. It took me a few minutes to get my bearings straight. Quote
Delaware Valley Tackle Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Think NASCAR: Drive Fast Turn Left. You'll get there eventually 1 Quote
Super User .RM. Posted January 22, 2014 Super User Posted January 22, 2014 Think NASCAR: Drive Fast Turn Left. You'll get there eventually Varoom, varoom, varoom.... Quote
s freud Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 After watching tacklejunkie's video on cleaning (which was great btw) , he uses ardent reel cleaner for his entire side plate for cleaning his one way bearing. Is that what you all use? Acetone would damage the plastic cover right? Quote
Super User J Francho Posted January 31, 2014 Super User Posted January 31, 2014 I remove the one way bearing and use Perfect Solution to degrease. Quote
Delaware Valley Tackle Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 I remove the one way bearing and use Perfect Solution to degrease. Yup & I do the same for the press fit ones that don't come out. Quote
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