Accusleeves - 9/1/2010

[alantani]

accusleeves - 9/1/2010

a question was asked on bloody decks about sleeving the bearings of accurate reels.

http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/accurate-fishing-adventures/265718-freespool-sleeve.html

it's really pretty simple. here's the post that describes the general process.

http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=138.0

i've actually sleeved all of my own personal accurates. the freespool really is very nice. perhaps one of the best things about accurate reels is that the tolerances are so tight. you could measure out a sleeve for any single reel, knock out another hundred sleeves, and pretty much be right on the money for all of the rest. that's how well made the accurate reel is. so my friend jim cut a few sleeves for me. he set them up so that they are 3-4 thousanths too long. remember that a piece of paper is 3 thousanths of an inch thick.

a black and gray single speed boss 270 was send in with really bad freespool. i pulled the spool and gave it a spin with no load on the bearings. i got 15 seconds of freespool.

then i pushed in on the spring and put a load on the bearings and got 6 seconds of freespool.