2024 Vanford (FAMILY) Bearing Kit

This kit replaces 3 plastic bushings with bearings in ALL reels based on the VANFORD platform (family). So it will fit the following reels regardless whether they are current 2024/2025 gen or the previous 2020/2021 gen : Vanford, SoareXR, ComplexXR, Cardiff. 

The exact content of the kit is:

• 1 bearing to go under the spool
• 1 bearing to go on the main shaft
• 1 bearing to go on the back of the oscillation worm
• one tiny washer to go behind the bearing on the oscillation worm to reduce oscillation worm (spool) free play

The EXACT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS are in this video (yes, these are the instructions for the 2024 Vanford)

These 3 bearings can be installed super easy for 5 minutes altogether. I recommend you do not install the main shaft bearing on brand new reels, if your reel feels perfectly smooth. The bushing it replaces has a rubber o-ring that can compress and compensate for imperfections in the main shaft. If your main shaft is not perfect straight, no matter what bearing you put there you can feel some imperfections because u don't have the rubber to hide them. However after one season the main shaft starts to have wear and a new bearing there can be beneficial at that time.