Hi Cirillo, DonnyW and Freebird,

You are spot on with that date Cirillo.

Regardless of the current condition of the bearings I'd still put new sealed units on the reel shafts. The original bearings are open sided and allow dirt and grit in and thus the degredation has already begun.

Cheers,
BB.

I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.