Fishing reel bearings

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I have an older SHIMANO reel that I can't find bearings for, and came across this company. They have bearings of all sizes and sell them in several different grades from regular stainless to top of the line rubber sealed ceramic units. Just pay attention when you order as they sell bearings with several different kinds of lube or no lube in them at all. I just ordered a set of ceramic with stainless shields for my old SHIMANO for a little over $21 shipped. Don't think that's to bad considering the local reel shops said they couldn't find them. Now I need to go out and pull out some of my old reels and revive them from the dead now that I can get bearings. It's a heck of alot cheaper than a new reel at todays prices.

You will need a GOOD micrometer that measures in MM's since most of these tiny bearings are metric.

http://www.bocabearings.com/default.aspx