[C320-list] need winch help, ASAP

[pat reynolds]

Dave,  In order to remove the spindle you need to remove the two collets which slide into the top of the spindle.  Then use your finger to slide it out.  We pull the boat for the winter and I bring the winches home and soak them in a bucket of Simple Green for a couple of days.  Since we do ours every year they are easy to clean.  If the winches haven't been cleaned for a long time the old grease gets like shellac and needs something stronger.  The winches can only go back together one way so they are fairly easy to reassemble.  Make sure when you reassemble them that the the pins which hold the gear sprokets fit flush.


     On Sunday, September 13, 2015 6:46 PM, Greg Flanagan <greg.flanagan at shaw.ca> wrote:
   

 I just serviced mine. Carefully tap the spindle dimple counterclockwise with a straight blade screwdriver and hammer. It doesn't take much to loosen it. Use liquid paraffin as a degreaser. Be careful to catch all the parts. The Paul's are small and the little springs are tiny. Lexmar suggests replacing pawls and springs, but Calder says don't fix it if it's not broken. I bought a few spares to replace any that looked too worn. Clean everything with paraffin and regrease with Lewmar recommended products. It doesn't take much.



Greg
Hoop Dancer #1076
Sidney, BC

> On Sep 13, 2015, at 4:25 PM, Dave Ouimette <drouimette at aol.com> wrote:
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> I recently acquired a 1995 C320 and it's time to service the Lewmar Ocean Series winches.  I have two ST #30's and two #44's. Two problems surfaced: 1) I cannot figure out how to pull out the gear spindles. It is necessary to do this in order to remove the rachet gears and get to the pawls. They may have changed in later models but my winch spindles have a flush top with a small dimple and it is impossible to grab the spindle to remove it. It appears later models had a mushroom top which you could remove with fingers or a screw driver. Any ideas how to remove the spindle?  Next, it has been a while since the winches were service and there is some very hard old grease which is making is impossible to remove the main spindle. I have applied some PB blaster in hope of loosening the grease but no luck so far. Any thoughts on the best degreaser to use in this situation?  I feel like a street beggar asking for any change you can throw my way. 
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> See page 43, figure five for a look at the gear spindles.
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> http://lewmar.com/assets/img/dataset/Manual-Winch%20Service%20Manual%20B2304%20iss6.pdf
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> Dave 
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