[C320-list] windlass

Scott Thompson surprise at thompson87.com
Sun May 17 05:52:26 PDT 2015


Jim: Glad to hear that you figured this out. I suspect the only purpose 
of the screw on the lower cone is to keep the spacing constant with 
respect to the seal. Not that there would be much opportunity for it to 
move in normal use.

The v-seal you mention is broken on my boat. I tried contacting a local 
dealer from their website but never got a response. I'd appreciate it if 
you could post the current part number and contact information for where 
you found the seal.

Sorry I don't know the answer to the question as to which side of the 
seal goes "down" (actually to starboard in my case since the windlass is 
mounted horizontally).

Scott

On 5/17/2015 8:33 AM, jim brown wrote:
> Thanks to the list and Scott I managed to take apart the windlass and found that Scott was right-one of the cone clutches(upper) was slightly stuck to the chain gypsy.  I also found that it was assembled upside down. In the manual the lower clutch cone has a grub screw while the upper one does not. Mine were reversed so the grub screw served no purpose 9couldn't be tightened inside the gypsy). Also the v seal on the shaft was missing a piece. A couple of questions. Does anyone know the purpose of the grub screw on the lower cone? The cone is keyed on the shaft so the only purpose I can see is to keep the lower cone from riding up the shaft when the top nut is backed off.I think this may have been the source of some of my problem since my lower cone had no set screw.  Second-the v seal seems to have a top and bottom -thickish washer like on one face and a thin surface on the other. Does anyone know which side goes down?
> Maxwell can be reached at Vetus-Maxwell.com. They referred me to Florida Rigging and Hydraulic to order the seal. For those with older units the parts numbers in the manual are no longer valid. Those beginning with D and E not longer use the letter prefix and those with the S letter or just a three digit number now have a 4 digit number by adding a 0 at the beginning. That's why no one could find the seal by using the number I had in the manual until I called Maxwell in Maryland. They were very helpful.
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> Jim Brown
> Desafinado 973




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