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Anti reverse bearing spinning in reel housing.

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Hey everyone I’ve been having an issue with this round baitcast reel for years, it seems that the anti reverse bearing works completely, except for that it spins backwards in the outside reel housing when enough pressure is applied. I’m wondering if anyone has some sort of solution for this. I’ve looked all over the internet and can’t find an answer, everything talks about too much oil or grease making the bearing fail but that isn’t what’s happening here. The entire bearing itself is rotating backwards. I’m not sure is I’m describing this clearly enough. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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What reel is this.

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I would clean the OD of the bearing and the ID of the housing of any oil or grease, then carefully, with just a little Loctite on the OD, slip the bearing back in.  You don't want the Loctite to get into anything else.  After it's cured any oiling of the bearing will not affect the retention of the bearing.

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It’s a Ming yang mc600, just a cheap catfish reel that I haven’t been able to use in years because of this problem. 
 

The locktite method sounds like it might be a winner! Thank for the advice.

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16 hours ago, MickD said:

I would clean the OD of the bearing and the ID of the housing of any oil or grease, then carefully, with just a little Loctite on the OD, slip the bearing back in.  You don't want the Loctite to get into anything else.  After it's cured any oiling of the bearing will not affect the retention of the bearing.

?MickD? do what he is saying your problem will be solved. I made this repair to a Quantum Reel back a few years ago that I use quite a bit. Still performing like new as of fishing with it Sunday. 
 

Your problem is a factory problem because the housing is not machine to the right tolerance. Should never rotate. In my case I had a bit of a bbbbb fest with quantum and the came out and told me this was a problem and was willing to take the reel back and I pay $80 to the new version. That wasn’t gonna happen. Not like I bought a $20.00 reel. 

 

Easy enough fix for you. But I can only suggest to use some isopropyl or QD contact cleaner on the seat and outer face of bearing before applying loctite. Put it on with a Q tip or something like that. 

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Thanks for all the replies! I did the locktite trick and it’s working so far. Thank you again!

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