Orange Seal BOCA Bearings Review After 1 Season

[Moody]

I was very satisfied with the bearings when i first got them, but half way through the year the performance diminished. Took the bearings out for a cleaning and installed them back and good again for a few trips. Well tonight I decided to start getting ready to start fishing again and began cleaning the curados. Went ahead and pulled off the orange seals and was a little surprised.. Long story short, going back with stainless bearings...
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[bayouchub]

If you run them with seals off it will solve your issue. You will just have to oil them a little more often.

["W"]

Yep


Like bayouchub said..... Pull the seal off, I never keep seals on. Bearings

[Moody]

Thanks will try !

[bayouchub]

The seals on the orange seals trap salty water in and cause the bearing to corrode. The abec5 with the stainless seals are ok to run with seals on.

[flounder_smacker]

i run them without the seal and no oil and havent had one rust yet. i clean them once a year.