Author Topic: SHIMANO TORIUM 30 - Service and Maintenance tutorial (Read 58896 times)

REEFMAN · « **on:** June 24, 2010, 08:40:23 PM »

Shimano Torium 30 Service

REEFMAN · « **Reply #1 on:** July 23, 2010, 01:19:55 PM »

BEARING SIZES

TORIUM 30
RHSide spool bearing   6x12x4
LH Side Plate bearing   4x11x4
Bottom Drive shaft bearing   5x9x3
Top Drive shaft bearing   10x15x4
Cast Control bushing   NONE

Schematics TOR30

Sailor · « **Reply #2 on:** July 23, 2010, 01:28:00 PM »

Tony this remains one of your very best posts ever. Thanks

Half-Pint · « **Reply #3 on:** July 23, 2010, 04:11:50 PM »

Heres a question for all the reel gurus out there. I put carbontex in my torium and suddenly when I tightened the drag turn the handle would go really really stiff then suddenly back to normal for half a turn then tight. Any ideas what I have done wrong that could possibly cause this?

REEFMAN · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2010, 05:07:49 PM »

Brad, did you do the Carbontex yourself? You've obviously got the sequence of the washers above the drag stack wrong... are you coming to the social on the 14th? Bring the reel with, we can have a look see...

Half-Pint · « **Reply #5 on:** July 24, 2010, 08:32:02 AM »

Thanks Tony. Ill bring it along tho Im almost 100% sure the washers are correct I had the same problem in June and to be honest Im really embarrassed to phone the shop that fixed it and say I messed up again but I also for the life of me cannot remember what caused the problem I remember something to do with the gears?

Half-Pint · « **Reply #6 on:** July 24, 2010, 11:07:50 AM »

Seems Im more of a reel expert than I thought problem solved! How I have no idea but stripped everything down again and put it back together and now it works wierd stuff

Sailor · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2010, 12:52:27 PM »

Good for you. Expierience is the best way to learn. You are lucky, usually expierience only comes a few seconds after you needed it

Sailor · « **Reply #8 on:** September 10, 2010, 12:52:22 PM »

Does it matter which side is above or underneath on the last 2 Carbontex washers?

REEFMAN · « **Reply #9 on:** September 10, 2010, 01:09:33 PM »

Not sure what you mean Chris? The Carbontex washers can be used either way up, it doesn't really matter.

Sailor · « **Reply #10 on:** September 10, 2010, 03:14:56 PM »

Thanks that is what I wanted to know.

rofflign · « **Reply #11 on:** September 21, 2010, 10:49:36 AM »

HI Reefs, great post but is the little plate on top of the dog pawl not perhaps the wrong way around? Don't mean to nitpick, reason I ask is that my two Toriums are the other way around.

REEFMAN · « **Reply #12 on:** September 21, 2010, 12:08:12 PM »

The way I have it in the tutorial is the way Keith Murison put it in... but I'm sure it doesn't make a big difference either way? It still holds the Dog Pawl in place, which is what it's designed to do?

As long as it doesn't interfere with the Drive Gear. But it makes sense to put in so that the curve conforms with the drive gear's curve...

rofflign · « **Reply #13 on:** September 21, 2010, 12:44:28 PM »

cool, thanx just serviced my reels yesterday, so pic still fresh in my mind, thought maybe I got it a$$ about face

REEFMAN · « **Reply #14 on:** September 21, 2010, 12:48:04 PM »

Quote from: rofflign on September 21, 2010, 12:44:28 PM

cool, thanx just serviced my reels yesterday, so pic still fresh in my mind, thought maybe I got it a$$ about face

Nah... only one who does that around here is me!

CASTSA · « **Reply #15 on:** October 21, 2010, 05:26:19 AM »

Great Demo REEFMAN,

I would like to introduce a product called SaltX to you and other members.

SaltX is a solution that you bath you reels in after us, and it actually eats the salt off the reel and gets in the reel in places that only water gets to.

For most of us, washing the reel off with fresh water after a days fishing is the end of the attention for the reels BUT the problem comes when the fresh water actually pushes the salt deeper into the reel and can be harmful.

With SaltX it actually eats the salt and your reels suffer no corrossion at all.....I have used it for the past year and my maintenance is cut right down.......

FYI, its a great product....

REEFMAN · « **Reply #16 on:** November 06, 2010, 07:04:32 AM »

SaltX you say? Will give it a bash!

Half-Pint · « **Reply #17 on:** July 21, 2011, 07:42:41 AM »

Just thought I would share with you guys the source of my toriums woes. The problem was that after tightening up the drag and winding against resistance it would sieze in one spot while rotating the handle. We tried replacing the cup washers cleaning every bearing meticulously to make sure there was no dirt on them I changed out the drive shaft and washers and the problem persisted. The wierd thing is that after servicing it would be fine until tightening up on the drag. Yesterday I took it to All Out Angling and with in 10mins they found the problem. The plastic case for the AR bearing was upside down! This meant that under pressure it would effectively lock up. It is such a tiny mistake with a huge and very frustrating effect

REEFMAN · « **Reply #18 on:** July 21, 2011, 08:08:45 AM »

Jeepers Brad... don't know how you managed to put the bearing in upside down?

It's quite difficult to do that... the top of the bearing has notches on it that fit perfectly into the Inner sleeve.

But glad you got it sorted anyway!

Half-Pint · « **Reply #19 on:** July 21, 2011, 08:49:18 AM »

I have no idea and being a bit of a noob with reels I always try not to force things because that normally means I have messed up somewhere but this one just slid right in. Fortunately no lasting damage