I am with Dwight on this. Maybe 15 years is a bit of a stretch, but I did my winches last spring and I bet this was their first time in 24 years, maybe second. They still were working fine (before cleaning and greasing). My winches are Lewmar.
I don’t believe that the winches run in such a demanding environment. I am not saying that we should not do the maintenance, but I think that we have a few systems on our boats that require more love and care more regularly. Did anyone notice any deterioration in performance or grease condition after 6-12 months of use? Marek (doubting Thomas) 1994 c270 “Legato” Ottawa, ON Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 ________________________________ From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of dwight veinot via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2018 12:04:28 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: dwight veinot Subject: Re: Stus-List Winch grease You guys seem to have lube problems with you winches that i have not experienced. My winches have been cleaned and lubed only once in 15 years and they work and sound just fine. Last time about 5 years ago I used Harken white winch grease and Harken winch pawl oil. Still worin smooth and sounding good. Maybe i am just lucky all Barient winches On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 12:52 PM Michael Brown via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: A calcium based greases are among the more water resistant offerings. At low speed and medium pressure calcium sulphonate is a good choice. I contacted Shell and one of their product specialists called me back. After a discussion of the properties of marine winches she recommended looking at the Shell SRS 2000 line ( now renamed Gadus I think ). I got the Extreme version which is calcium suphonate based, $12 for a standard sized grease gun tube. I would expect it to be a lifetime supply. After two years the grease is holding up better than anything I have previously tried, which includes the Lewmar/Harken greases. Previously I would rebuild the primary winches every year and have a mid season tear down to check and maybe add some grease. I took the winches apart after a season and it looked good, better than they usually would look mid season. There is information on the web if you are interested. Note it is a specific version. Michael Brown Windburn C&C 30-1 Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 01:45:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Chris Graham <sabre28...@yahoo.com<mailto:sabre28...@yahoo.com>> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Stus-List Winch grease Message-ID: <63525769.358141.1541295913...@mail.yahoo.com<mailto:63525769.358141.1541295913...@mail.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I?m performing maintenance on my Barient 18 winches and was wondering if there was a preferred machine oil and grease? The Lewmar grease seems expensive and I?d have to order it.? Chris? _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.me%2Fstumurray&data=02%7C01%7C%7C332377bb270c445f4d3908d64277b574%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636769479249595188&sdata=ZZzK7376h7ZzK5oMkcjAuIJMiYZZrNc8iZWatthti6c%3D&reserved=0> -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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