Question about new ABEC-5 bearings

[Shocker]

I got them at Academy in Houston. I put them in a friends reel a few weeks ago but he has not used them yet, then 2 weeks ago mine started to make noise, cleaned the reels up and still made the noise. Still casted great but the noise was too much so I'm going put these in and hope thats what it was.
They are smooth and spin about twice as long as the ones that came in the Curado. I think they will still be a great modification.

[Bantam1]

Well the bearings are not ABEC 5. They are ARB bearings that were packaged with the wrong header card. They are great bearings for sure.

[fishingcacher]

I bought the same ones at Academy last week.

[jboogerfinger]

The noise may be coming from the VBS breaks gliding against the drum. Rub a light coat of oil around the drum. One of my curados does that too. (no matter what bearings i put in it.) Casts fine though.

[FTAC03]

Those look like the bearings in a Calais. Is ARB better than ABEC 5?

[Bantam1]

For corrosion resistance, yes. For performance, no.

[goldie]

how much are ARB $ at academy
and how much are the abec 5
and are these spool bearings

[Bantam1]

They run about the same price around $10 each. Yes the ones pictured are for the spool.

[fishingcacher]

Originally Posted by goldie

how much are ARB $ at academy
and how much are the abec 5
and are these spool bearings

Mine were on sale for 17.88 for two but the regular price was 27.99.