[C320-list] Main Winch Teardown

[Tom Grass]

Thanks for the responses to my question.  Here is the result for our 2008
320 MK II (#1135).  After talking to Catalina - I made certain that there
was an aluminum backing plate under the winches - there was no access panel
however.  With this information I was able to REMOVE the starboard main
winch from its 'pocket' in the side of the cockpit.  There was some 3M 4200
holding the winch casting in place.  One out I was able to successfully
remove both gear packages - grease and lubricate paw springs and remount
the winch.  It turned out that the Port Winch was installed 180 degrees
different from the starboard winch ... hence I was able to remove the small
AND large gear cases without removing the casting.

Thanks again for your assistance.

Tom Grass
S/V Bucket List
Catalina 320 MKII # 1135

On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 1:37 PM HOLLY DAVIS <hdavis787 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> > Bucket List
>
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