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The MC Works aftermarket handles - maintenance issues

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Mark Tamim:
Has this issue been resolved?  Where can we get replacement bearings?  Tried contacting MC Works directly with no response.  It's a little (actually very) irritating that replacement bearings appear to be extremely difficult to obtain given how expensive these handles are!!  I appreciate your help in advance. 

dante green:
Brandon,

What do you use to properly give the bearings a wash?


cheers

D.

Brandon Khoo:
I don't know if I am the right person to come to for advice looking at what happened to my handles  :'(
I made the mistake of never opening up the knob as I simply assumed it would be ok. I was dreadfully wrong. The bearings inside the knob were so corroded they actually had to be drilled out. I put poor Wahyu at Global Tackle to a dreadful amount of work to get it all fixed.

What I will be doing in future is stripping the whole handle after every trip and spraying the bearings with Reel-X.

Mark, the replacement bearings are hell to get hold off. I managed to get Tak Otsuka into ordering them from Japan from MC Works. They were absurdly expensive. You'd think they were ZPI ceramic bearings at that price

Andy Rowe:
I now need to replace the bearing again in my mc handle. After replacing the first one and packing the area with grease the new bearing felt rough even before i used it. After only 2 trips with slight use and sufficient care the thing needs replacing again. Jon where do you locate stainless steel bearings in Jakarta, i may try to source locally while I order another from Tak. I think the replacement bearing was faulty to start with :(

Mark Harris:
Andy, locally for you, it might be worth trying Aneka Raya Pancing. When I checked there once they had a multitude of bearings in stock.  However, from previous posts in this thread it seems that MC Works used a non-standard bearing in the handle so you might struggle to find one.  Best of luck.

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