[C320-list] Main Winch Teardown

[HOLLY DAVIS]

I have a 1995 320 and serviced my large winches recently without difficulty, so your boat may be different.  There is a pin holding the gears and once you remove that, they slide right out. As I recall there is a pin holding the outside gears as well. good luck.
Holly Davis
> On Apr 27, 2019, at 8:26 AM, Tom Grass <tgrass462 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is an urgent request.- I am at IRISH Boat Works in Charlevoix,
> Michigan regreasing the winches on Bucket List (2008 Catalina 320 MK II).
> I did the first winch atop the cabin with no problem.  I followed the Tech
> Notes on doing this very job from November 2004.  However when I moved to
> the main 2-speed winch toward the stern I ran into a problem.  I was able
> to disassemble the winch down to the last set of ratchet gears; the small
> set were on the 'outside' of the winch - these slid out with no issue; the
> larger set of gears can not be slid out; the winch is installed in a socket
> in the fiberglass such that the gears are boxed in.  The open on the other
> (outside) of the winch casting is too small.
> 
> Question - is there a way to remove the larger gear set?  Do I have to
> unscrew the screws holding the winch to the boat?  If I do - are these
> bolts going into a threaded backing plate glassed in - OR - do these go
> into a backing plate with nuts?  If so - I do not know how to access the
> nuts without cutting a hole in my fiberglass.
> 
> Any assistance would be helpful.
> 
> Tom Grass
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