Servicing winches

[patria]

Has anybody any advice on websites or books, publications on servicing winches ??

 

[marklongstaff]

Look here there is a PDF download for servicing of Lewmar Ocean winches but the principles will be the same for most types.

http://www.lewmar.com/support/index.asp

Product Literature section

Mark

 

[Chimp]

I haven't found it too difficult - and I'm not very technical. It's all a bit methodical really, as long as you take everything to bits methodically and don't have any components left over when you have finished. And try not to drop the little pawl springs overboard.

Clean all the components up with paraffin, dry them and then lightly grease. I put 3-in-1 oil on the pawls.

Before I did my first, though, I got a quick tutorial from the man on the Lewmar stand at the boat show (I know that the timing is rotten for this, but it is also pretty well illustrated in the lewmar service manual that I'm sure that Lewmar will send you).

Good luck!