I cleaned greased and oiled all of my winches (11 in total all Barient) with Harken Performance white winch grease and Harken pawl oil, rather pricey stuff for the amount you get...I was surprised at first to find some plastic rollers in some of these old winches but I guess that's normal. After getting them apart I cleaned everything up with a soft tooth brush and varsol, rinsed and wiped dry, for the plastic rollers it says on the grease label to use pawl oil on the rollers, not the grease. So I followed the instructions and so far no issues whatsoever, winches run smooth and sound good to me, biggest winches I had were 2 Barient 34+ if I remember right, 2 speed self tailing, a little more complicated but nothing that difficult really
Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, *Alianna* Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS d.ve...@bellaliant.net On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 12:31 PM, schiller via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Remember that grease is simply an oil in a binder material. Most of the > red greases are an oil (synthetic or petroleum) in a very fine clay binder > (read kitty litter). When the oil migrates out of the binder, you are the > left with a gooey mess. Other greases use a soap (lithium) binder. > Braycote uses Bray oil in a teflon based perfluorinate polyether binder so > that when the synthetic oils separate, the binder left is still slippery. > The best recipe is to keep the oil mixed with the binder. We spent a lot > of time looking at this for greases that could be in storage for up to 30 > years and had to work immediately. > > For a grease that is compatible with plastic bearings, look toward fine > synthetic oils. Lithium and perfluornates are basically inert. It will > definitely depend on the plastic material used in the bearing but most > tolerate synthetics. Most plastics used in bearings are self lubricating > and shouldn't need anything more that flushing the dirt out of them. > > Neil Schiller > 1970 Redwing 35, Hull #7 > (C&C 35, Mark I) > "Corsair" > Retired Rocket Scientist > > On 3/13/2016 10:32 AM, David Knecht via CnC-List wrote: > > My interpretation of what I have read is that it is not about the > compatibility of the grease with the plastic (although that could be an > issue), but more about how to effectively lubricate a plastic bearing. I > think they are thinking about the stickiness of the grease (any grease) and > suggesting it is better to use an oil with those lightweight plastic > bearings. I don’t remember any such warning on the Lewmar winch grease, > although it looks and feels different (dark color) from the Harken (white > grease). However, the Barient instructions on the C&C site says to > lubricate everything except the pawls with Barlube, which I presume is a > grease, so likely I am worrying too much. Dave > > Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address:CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at:http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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