stripping anchor winch

jimiboy

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Hi folks,
I have managed to procure a second (or third)-hand Simpson-Lawrence anchor winch, manually operated and which has seen better days. I want to strip it and grease the internal mechanism and have removed the drum, but I am stumped with the gypsy. Is there an on=line manual available, or does anyone have experience of how it comes off?
The casing is aluminium and held together with screws, but I doubt it will come apart without first removing the gypsy.

Any ideas?
 

chas

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I did just this job about four years ago. After some excellent advice from this forum, I soaked the whole thing in a bucket of diesel for about two weeks. That freed up enough of the winch to be able to take it apart. I cannot rememeber exactly how the gypsy was held on - it is not a bolt through the end is it? I seem to remember that one of the problems was that the main shaft has tufnell bearings which had expanded and seized the whole thing solid. I had to replace them. One thing - you will probably have to replace the bicycle chain inside. Don't buy it from SL - they quoted me about £22. Same chain was £4.95 from Halfords and has not given any trouble over the past four years.
 

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anyone done the same for a Lofrans? i can't get the drum off mine.

[/ QUOTE ]Exploded drawings of Lofran winches available here along with parts list and descriptions.
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Hi folks,
I have managed to procure a second (or third)-hand Simpson-Lawrence anchor winch, manually operated and which has seen better days. I want to strip it and grease the internal mechanism and have removed the drum, but I am stumped with the gypsy. Is there an on=line manual available, or does anyone have experience of how it comes off?
The casing is aluminium and held together with screws, but I doubt it will come apart without first removing the gypsy.

Any ideas?

[/ QUOTE ]CAD drawings (*.dxf and *.dwg formats) of Simpson-Lawrance windlasses are available here
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