Headaches servicing winches?

[Clyde_Wanderer]

Servicing my winches yesterday had difficulty getting the centre hub back down into its respective sleeve due to the pawls, which fit inside it, holding it from going down.
The pawls cant be held back while lowering the hub down as they fit up inside the hub.
After fiddling about for a while and wondering how I could hold the pawls back, I suddenly had a BRAIN WAVE and used a soluable Asprin broken in two, half used to hold back each pawl, worked a treat, as once the hub was lowered it crushed the asprin which will disolve away.
"So dont have any more headaches assembling your winches"
Try "Asprin"
No interest in the company, just a satisfied customer. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Chrusty1]

Nice one!! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[webcraft]

I just told SWMBO about this brilliant idea. She has been sailing with me far too long and has obviously absorbed too much of my pessimism.

"Won't it affect the grease?", she asked.

Chemists to the fore please . . .

- W

 

[Spyro]

I'm no chemist but I think she has a good point. Unless you can flush it with lots of water I'm not sure they will dissolve. I think they will thicken up the grease into a sticky mess.
Should it not be light machine oil on the pawls though?

 

[Evadne]

If you want something that's chemically inert, yet dissolves away in water, you're probably in need of Andrex. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[mikemonty]

Good bit of lateral thinking!
(Your winches may be different Eamonn, but I found that gently turning the drum in the normal direction of rotation while trying to fit it over the pawls was sufficient to drag them out of the way and allow the drum to slide home.)
regards, Mike

 

[Clyde_Wanderer]

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I'm no chemist but I think she has a good point. Unless you can flush it with lots of water I'm not sure they will dissolve. I think they will thicken up the grease into a sticky mess.
Should it not be light machine oil on the pawls though?

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Cant agree Spyro, once the hub was fitted into place it will have crushed the asprin to dust and it will certainly be well chewed up wnce the winch is used a few times.
If Asprin was course enough to do damage ( mind its a winch, not a watch we are talking about here) I am dammed if I am taking them for a head ache, /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Hope you enjoy the week end, might even catch a glimpse of some of you on sun eve.
C_W