{"id":6387,"date":"2025-04-28T08:17:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T23:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-world-star.com\/?p=6387"},"modified":"2026-11-11T14:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T05:45:13","slug":"24-tatula-full-bearing-tune-part-2-adding-bearings-to-the-level-winder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-world-star.com\/en\/fisshing_siries\/tunereel\/24-tatula-full-bearing-tune-part-2-adding-bearings-to-the-level-winder-6387\/","title":{"rendered":"24 Tatula Full Bearing Tune Part 2: Adding Bearings to the Level Winder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Since this is already my third time doing this, I'm used to it and can take it apart quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I always tend to forget the assembly order, so I carefully lay out the parts in a case from right to left in the exact order I remove them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To replace the bearings in the level winder, you just open the cover, take apart the pieces, and you'll have access. The spring can easily fly off and get lost, so make sure to keep it safe inside the case. Ah, I remember now\u2014removing the retaining ring that holds the level winder shaft here is pretty tough, and putting it back in is just as hard. The space in the gear groove and the ring is super tight. Since you also have to balance it with the other side, it definitely takes some technique. Or maybe just knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gear attached to this level winder is on pretty tight. You have to use a fair amount of force and pop it off with a bit of determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putting it back together also takes quite a bit of force. I had to press the opposite side with the handle of a screwdriver while tapping the gear side with the rubber end of a screwdriver to get it in. If you don't seat it properly, the retaining ring won't go in. Conversely, if you push it in too far, the other side becomes too short and won't fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of that, once you put the retaining ring on the gear side, you pull the gear slightly to position it right up against the ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once you remove the gear, you'll reach the bushing you're targeting. You replace this bushing with a 740 bearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the opposite side. It actually had two washers in it. I didn't notice at first, and they just fell out when I was removing the gear on the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was putting this retaining ring back on, there seemed to be a lack of clearance, and it flew off somewhere. I panicked, thinking I'd have to order replacement parts. When I looked for it after finishing the assembly, I accidentally found it lying right in front of the sofa. Talk about lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putting it back together is really tricky. Because of this part, I was pushing, pulling, pulling, and pushing the gear on the other side through trial and error\u2014maybe I didn't take enough notes on this? In the end, just like I wrote earlier, even after adjusting the gear slightly outward to make this side longer, it was still hard to fit and felt like it was going to fly off again, so I ended up changing it to just one of the included washers. It's likely that metal bearings are slightly thicker than resin bushings or something similar. Even if the fit isn't 100% flush, as long as it spins freely on its own, it's good enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is definitely not my favorite task. Make sure to reread this post next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since this is already my third time doing this, I'm used to it and can take it apart quickly. I always tend to forget the assembly order, so I carefully lay out the parts in a case from right to left in the exact order I remove them. To replace the bearings in the level […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/175.41.248.22\/?p=5472","_lightning_design_setting":{"layout":"default"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[905,910,911,912,913,13,431,867],"class_list":["post-6387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tunereel","tag-reel-tuning","tag-spool","tag-daiwa","tag-stuck-screws","tag-reel-customization","tag-diy","tag-tatula","tag-bass-fishing","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-world-star.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-world-star.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-world-star.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-world-star.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-world-star.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/the-world-star.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6388,"href":"https:\/\/the-world-star.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6387\/revisions\/6388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-world-star.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-world-star.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-world-star.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-world-star.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}