>Mineral spirits or diesel fuel or Kerosene are good solvents for cleaning >the grease from winches.
For those more challenging projects the Castrol Super Clean works well. I think the product has changed over the years, may be a different company making it now. I have a couple jugs from a few years ago. Serious stuff, cleans neglected winches to squeaky clean and rinses with warm water. http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/superclean-degreaser-refill-946-ml-0392964p.html#.VOkGMy6VCpo No idea if the current product is the same as what I have. Normal cautionary note here - wear gloves and don't breath the fumes. It eats aluminum and pot metal, paint ... Also, note that ball - roller - needle bearings are designed to roll. Some of the new super lubricates are so slippery that things slide instead, which may increase resistance and wear. Michael Brown Windburn C&C 30-1 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 12:58:06 -0500 From: Ed Dooley <edoo...@madriver.com> To: "CNC boat owners, cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Barient winches. Message-ID: <d10e302a.92d3%edoo...@madriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I use spray lithium grease on my Barient 10ST winches. It penetrates better than a brush and lasts a long time (and is less messy). There are many brands, including WD-40. I missed the original post, and I imagine from one reply that the original poster is in Australia. Lewmar, with many retailers around the world, including Oz, owns Barient. I buy my Barient repair kits from Lewmar dealers. Ed From: Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 15:38:09 +0000 (UTC) To: Steve Thomas <sthom...@sympatico.ca>, "CNC boat owners, cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Barient winches. A small terry hand towel laid on deck is great to hold dirty parts and keep them from sliding around. Another trick is to cut a hole in a shallow cardboard box ( w 4" high sides) so it can be placed over the winch, to catch parts. I find cardboard boxes for projects like this really save the deck too. On windy days, you have to take other precautions though. Mineral spirits or diesel fuel or Kerosene are good solvents for cleaning the grease from winches. Stu's website has the entire Barient Catologue as well as cleanng procedures, and the detailed drawings that help a great deal. All downloadable. I find after a good cleaning, and drying, oil the pawls and springs w 3 in 1 Oil and grease the gears using a small acid brush, sparingly according to instructions. Next year, you can probably skip the heavy cleaning, just oil the pawls, and add a little grease using the acid brush. I keep a tube of grease, a bottle of 3 in 1 oil, small acid brushes and maybe a plastic scraper in a ziplock sandwich bag, marked w sharpie, WINCHES, w my spare parts. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md From: "Steve Thomas via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: "mike amirault" <amira...@eastlink.ca>, cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 9:58:14 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Barient winches. The only tricky bit is in not losing the pawls or springs. A cloth fastened between the toe rail and lifeline may help.
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