Need source for winch parts

[Rich Stidger]

I need an output gear for an obsolete Lewmar electric OP2 made in 1997. Lewmar has no parts at all. Nothing on eBay or Amazon either.
Maybe someone here has a dead winch for parts?
Or can anyone point me to a salvage/parts business that may have what I need?

 

[Timm R Oday25]

It might be a long shot .. SailorMan in florida would be my go to . They are just north (?) of Miami ..I think..

 

[Rich Stidger]

It might be a long shot .. SailorMan in florida would be my go to . They are just north (?) of Miami ..I think..

Thanks. I searched their website and sent them a request.

 

[Kings Gambit]

It might be a long shot .. SailorMan in florida would be my go to . They are just north (?) of Miami ..I think..

Perhaps try Minney’s Yacht Surplus in Costa Mesa, CA, and Mike’s Consignment Marine Supply in Ventura, CA. Would probably have to buy the whole unit if available at all. I usually have luck searching the web on the part number itself (versus the whole unit) for something like that.

 

[CYQK]

in Chicago...the big dealer starts with a C
They have lots of lewmar stuff

 

[cymeyer]

in Chicago...the big dealer starts with a C
They have lots of lewmar stuff

Crowley's?

 

[jviss]

I need an output gear

So, Rich, what happened to the output gear? Did it break, or did the teeth strip? What's it made of?

Maybe it could be repaired, or a new one made.

 

[Rjm st.petersburg]

Don's Marine Surplus & Salvage, 5601 126th Ave N, Clearwater, FL 33760, (727) 576-8577, Visit Website

http://www.donsmarinesalvageyard.com

I am close to this place. If you need help in procurement and shipping let me know. Customer service here is not exactly their forté.

Robin

 

[JamesG161]

I need an output gear for an obsolete Lewmar electric OP2 made in 1997

I have one that still works on my H430 , 1998.
Check your private messages from me.

Jim...

 

[Ted]

Try contacting Rushgears.com. They make all types of custom gears.

 

[Rich Stidger]

So, Rich, what happened to the output gear? Did it break, or did the teeth strip? What's it made of?

Maybe it could be repaired, or a new one made.

@jviss , you are asking me to bare my soul and fess up that I have neglected my winch to the point of needing extreme repair.
Me bad. I ignored the maintenance schedule for years. I always had something with a higher priority. So now after 11 years, I pulled it apart to clean and re-grease.
However what I found was an extremely worn output gear and lots of bronze "grindings". The spindle that it rides upon looks to be stainless and it looks to be in fair shape. Maybe just a buff down with some emery cloth. But the bronze gear (I think it is bronze) is badly worn as you can see from the picture below.
So far I have had no luck getting a spare.
My plan B is to take the gear to one of my buddies with a lathe and clean and true-up the center hole. Then machine a bronze bushing that will press fit into the gear and have the correct sized hole for the spindle. If this plan fails, then it looks like I will be buying a new electric winch for $3-4K.
The moral is: If you haven't serviced your winches, ALL OF THEM, get doing it before you end up like me.

 

[Rich Stidger]

Thanks to @Rjm st.petersburg , @Ted , and everyone else for your help. I will follow up on all of the suggestions and offers of help if need be.

 

[sailcapt340]

Rich, Did you try Wickford Marine Consignment in North Kingstown, RI. They have older items and you may get lucky. Or they may have a source. Worth a shot.

marineconsignment.com
7725 Post Rd, North Kingstown, RI 02852
(401) 295-9709

 

[jviss]

@jviss , you are asking me to bare my soul and fess up that I have neglected my winch to the point of needing extreme repair.
Me bad. I ignored the maintenance schedule for years. I always had something with a higher priority. So now after 11 years, I pulled it apart to clean and re-grease.
However what I found was an extremely worn output gear and lots of bronze "grindings". The spindle that it rides upon looks to be stainless and it looks to be in fair shape. Maybe just a buff down with some emery cloth. But the bronze gear (I think it is bronze) is badly worn as you can see from the picture below.
So far I have had no luck getting a spare.
My plan B is to take the gear to one of my buddies with a lathe and clean and true-up the center hole. Then machine a bronze bushing that will press fit into the gear and have the correct sized hole for the spindle. If this plan fails, then it looks like I will be buying a new electric winch for $3-4K.
The moral is: If you haven't serviced your winches, ALL OF THEM, get doing it before you end up like me.

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I understand. That can be fixed. If you get stuck let me know, my son in West Warwick, RI has my lathe, and I'm retired now, so maybe I can get it done for you. Check your friend first.

If you scrap the winch I'm interested! Ha, ha.

 

[thinwater]

@jviss , you are asking me to bare my soul and fess up that I have neglected my winch to the point of needing extreme repair.
Me bad. I ignored the maintenance schedule for years. I always had something with a higher priority. So now after 11 years, I pulled it apart to clean and re-grease.
However what I found was an extremely worn output gear and lots of bronze "grindings". The spindle that it rides upon looks to be stainless and it looks to be in fair shape. Maybe just a buff down with some emery cloth. But the bronze gear (I think it is bronze) is badly worn as you can see from the picture below.
So far I have had no luck getting a spare.
My plan B is to take the gear to one of my buddies with a lathe and clean and true-up the center hole. Then machine a bronze bushing that will press fit into the gear and have the correct sized hole for the spindle. If this plan fails, then it looks like I will be buying a new electric winch for $3-4K.
The moral is: If you haven't serviced your winches, ALL OF THEM, get doing it before you end up like me.

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Honestly, that looks very straight forward. All you really need is a drill press.

 

[jviss]

Honestly, that looks very straight forward. All you really need is a drill press.

A lathe is the right tool for that! How would you bore a hole properly to sleeve it on a drill press?

 

[thinwater]

A lathe is the right tool for that! How would you bore a hole properly to sleeve it on a drill press?

Really? Obviously (I think), press vice is involved. Likely several drills and possibly a reamer. Probably not. But with a vice, a drill press will be faster. Can't imagine a press without a vice.

I've used many machines. I have a lathe. But I probably would not use it for this. There is more than one way.

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That is some impressive wear. I can't work out how he didn't trash the drum teeth.

 

[jviss]

But with a vice, a drill press will be faster. Can't imagine a press without a vice.

Vise, not vice.

 

[jviss]

But with a vice, a drill press will be faster.

I doubt it. It would be much harder to center the old gear in a drill press vise than on a lathe. I would set it up with a three jaw vise, i.e., self-centering, making sure i was gripping it symmetrically, and then bore the hole for a bushing, which I could do with a boring bar to within sub-thousands of precision. Not possible on a drill press.

 

[Rich Stidger]

UPDATE:
I finally got together with my machinist friend and completed the machining on a bronze bushing to insert into the worn hole in the gear. It turned out that the hole that was badly worn in the gear was not straight, but had a slight internal taper. So when I inserted the bushing it went through the gear about halfway. Using a press to push it the rest of the way worked perfectly. The bushing is now firmly inserted into the gear.
The axle pin that the gear spins on was a bit rough from the embedded bronze on the surface. I chucked it into my lathe and polished it with a piece of fine machinist paper until it was smooth. Measurements show that it is uniform over it's length within 0.0005".

So upon arrival at my boat I will re-install the gear and pin with a proper amount of winch grease. And with yearly grease service I expect that this winch will operate nicely for many more years.