Do you still use Boca Bearings inside your reels?
Re: Do you still use Boca Bearings inside your reels?
I've always used BOCA Lightings. The last 2 orders I've received have been garbage. They've all become loud and geary after a few uses. They were all oiled before use and after use. Don't know what happened, I swore by them previously. Brian.
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Re: Do you still use Boca Bearings inside your reels?
I stopped using Boca bearings about 5 years ago, I saw quality declining and I felt I was getting no more from Boca than I was from cheap bulk China bearings that were 1/5 the cost. In the reels that I actually swap bearings (usually only my bfs reels) I use hedgehog bearings and a couple of my reels have roro bearings which I've had good luck with so far. Stock Daiwa and Shimano bearings are in most of my general purpose reels and work great with a simple flush and re-lube.
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Re: Do you still use Boca Bearings inside your reels?
tincanary wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:14 amI've found some nice ceramic hybrids on AliExpress and liked them enough to order more. I have used Boca in years past and felt they were very noisy and not worth the money. The AE bearings I've been getting are much more quiet and they spin very well. Best of all they run less than $2 each. A 10 pack is cheaper than a pair of Boca Lightning bearings. I've replaced the bearings in all of my small Ambassadeurs with the JZN bearings I found on AE. I even like them more than Hedgehog Air bearings I was running previously. That said, I'm not going to replace the bearings on my JDM stuff as they are plenty good from the factory. Don't fix what isn't broken.
What are or who is AE bearings. Thanks in advance
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AE=AliExpress
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Re: Do you still use Boca Bearings inside your reels?
These ones I find extremely good, silent compared to others I've bought.
I tested every one for the last 4 batches and not one dud...
I tested every one for the last 4 batches and not one dud...
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I ended up ordering AE Hybrids as I was very unhappy with the performance (freespin, feel choked off at the end of the cast throwing 1/4 oz stuff with braid) of the stock Alphas SV TW 800s ones and Hedgehog doesn’t have the right size for the one on the spool.
Dry, the AE bearing itself spins forever. Very impressive.
Now with the bearings swapped, it feels like I’ve enabled long cast mode on the Alphas (plural, 3).
Ofc I ordered more to play around. For the Metanium it didn’t do much. Not nearly as much as for the Alphas.
Dry, the AE bearing itself spins forever. Very impressive.
Now with the bearings swapped, it feels like I’ve enabled long cast mode on the Alphas (plural, 3).
Ofc I ordered more to play around. For the Metanium it didn’t do much. Not nearly as much as for the Alphas.
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I bought couple hybrid bearings from JZN store, when somebody mentioned them first a year or two ago, and really impressed with a quality. The only issue with them - you can't remove protective shields. Wish they would come with one side opened.
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Re: Do you still use Boca Bearings inside your reels?
Tha Alphas TW reels I own disappointed me quite a bit initially. I flushed the bearings and relubed them with light oil and they cast great now. Same with the Tat 80s I own. Daiwa has really packed the bearings full of grease on their reels the last few years.dennis_rf wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:47 amI ended up ordering AE Hybrids as I was very unhappy with the performance (freespin, feel choked off at the end of the cast throwing 1/4 oz stuff with braid) of the stock Alphas SV TW 800s ones and Hedgehog doesn’t have the right size for the one on the spool.
Dry, the AE bearing itself spins forever. Very impressive.
Now with the bearings swapped, it feels like I’ve enabled long cast mode on the Alphas (plural, 3).
Ofc I ordered more to play around. For the Metanium it didn’t do much. Not nearly as much as for the Alphas.
Try not to let your mind wander. It is much too small to be outside unsupervised.
Re: Do you still use Boca Bearings inside your reels?
I use these ceramic hybrids on all my internal bearings inside a steez. Did the whole 2023 with them, and its beed excellent, and i've never had a reel that feels this free to turn the handle on.
Re: Do you still use Boca Bearings inside your reels?
They come out easy with an awl. I stab them until the shield bends then use a fine flathead to pry it out. I've done it to 10 sets already and haven't damaged one.