Don't un-bed the winch. Follow the directions at the link below. I recently rebuilt all of mine (Barient 21,24, and 32). None of them seemed as painful as the 26. I did have one pawl on one of my 21's that was rusted in the closed position.
Good luck, Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk http://l-36.com/winches_pages.php?winch=winches8.htm -- When privacy matters. http://www.secure-my-email.com I realize I am asking for a lot here but I would like to at least ask before I un-bed my winch from the deck. My main starboard winch is slipping in low gear which has rendered it unit useless to me forcing me to rely on the small cousin behind it. I have had the drum off and have cleaned and greased it to the best of my ability but was unable to get to the low gear. There are several grade 5 bolts that appear to be mounting the spindle to the deck plate/gear carrier. I removed the bolts but could not break the spindle free. Is this pressed in? I didn't want to start banging on anything until i consulted with the gods. Note the main shaft did not come out either. Thanks in advance for your help with this. - Up winch creek _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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