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Old 06-24-2012, 09:34 PM
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Picked up two citica e series today,does changing the spool bearings make a noticeable difference?
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Old 06-24-2012, 09:35 PM
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YEP. do it
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Old 07-02-2012, 08:40 PM
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Picked up two citica e series today,does changing the spool bearings make a noticeable difference?
From what I hear, the boca bearings are amazing.
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Old 07-02-2012, 09:11 PM
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HUGE difference put you some BOCA 5s or 7s in there
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Old 07-02-2012, 09:16 PM
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HUGE difference put you some BOCA 5s or 7s in there
X2. Night and day. I buy the bearings before I buy the reel.
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Old 07-02-2012, 09:19 PM
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How much are these boca bearings?
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Old 07-02-2012, 09:23 PM
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How much are these boca bearings?
Get u some hamma. U can get the abec 5s for $18. Well worth it. I have the 5s and 7s and can't tell any difference.
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Old 07-02-2012, 09:27 PM
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Does that mean u are changing all 7 bearing in a curado?
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No u only need to buy the 2 spool bearings. Easy to change just look at a vid on YouTube
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Got some boca orange seals....easy to install and makes a big difference.
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I have stOck bearings in my citica. I cleaned all the grease shimano injects into them and then lightly oiled them with royal purple and archived a 45sec freespool.
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Old 07-16-2012, 03:35 PM
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Boca ABEC5. Just done my curado.
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