[Rhodes22-list] Barient Winch Question

[Wally Buck]

John,

Actually the winches have worked great for the past 18 months. The port 
winch in the last week has become very tight. Hopefully cleaning and relube 
will fix. When I was searching the net I came across the site you mentioned 
with the info on making pawl springs. I think I book marked it .....

I will post the results, hopefully it will be a quick and easy repair.

By the way John what is your home port?

Thanks,

Wally


>From: jmh123 at juno.com
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Barient Winch Question
>Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 16:51:06 GMT
>
>
>Wally -- I read the digest version of the list, so I can fall a little 
>behind on the flow.
>
>However, my winches were so tight when delivered from GB, they were not 
>useable.
>
>When I got them apart, I found they were completely full of grease --much 
>like someone was packing a wheel bearing. I cleaned out all the grease, 
>used winch grease on the inside of the drum and just light oil on the 
>prawls. --per the barient winch docs on the owners R22 site.
>
>This made an amazing difference. I also found a misaligned and slightly out 
>of shape prawl spring that I was able to repair. My starboard winch is 
>tighter than the port, so if you find anything else out in working on 
>yours, I'd like to hear it.
>
>I also found a "how-to" on the net, where one sailor provided an 
>illustrated guide to making your own prawl springs. If that becomes an 
>issue, I'd be happy to dig it up again.
>
>John
>S/V Clarity
>
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