16ALD15 for 16 Aldebaran BFS - do you need the bearing?

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16ALD15 for 16 Aldebaran BFS - do you need the bearing?

Post by ultralight » Tue Apr 02, 2019 10:13 pm

This is for those with the Shimano 16 Aldebaran BFS, with the aftermarket 16ALD15.

Curious - I know that with the 16ALD16 spool, you need 4 extra magnets.

However, the vendor/manufacturer also carry a bearing - do you actually need the bearing or does the stock bearing work just fine?

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Re: 16ALD15 for 16 Aldebaran BFS - do you need the bearing?

Post by Hobie-Wan Kenobi » Wed Apr 03, 2019 4:46 am

You need at least 6 magnets. The Avail kit magnet kit comes with 8 magnets. I ran 6 and will probably continue to run 6 magnets. It is nice for pitching and stream casts with light lures. 8 magnets seem to be nice with long casts.

The bearing that is listing in the Hedgehog site description appears to be the bearing that is on the spool already. It has been hard to locate an aftermarket bearing that will fit (that would be worth it). Could but an individual Boca Bearing for like 13 bucks or so. I am not sure if it will perform better.

I will be running a different experiment using some spacers and such. I will post the results once complete.
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Re: 16ALD15 for 16 Aldebaran BFS - do you need the bearing?

Post by ss30378 » Wed Apr 03, 2019 11:59 am

The bearing that comes on the spool is actually pretty good. My free spool time was pretty impressive right out of the box. For magnets they are a 4mm x 1.5mm magnet. You can experiment with with different strength magnets to get the perfect combo. I tested n35 up to n50 strength magnets. With n50s 6 is plenty, with n35s I went with a full 8.

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Re: 16ALD15 for 16 Aldebaran BFS - do you need the bearing?

Post by ultralight » Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:36 pm

Thank you Gents.

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