Hi,
Over the summer I purchased a Hunter 37 cutter. I spent the summer enjoying the boat on the Chesapeake, and now I am working on refitting and maintenance. I took off the starboard Barient 23 winch to rebuild. I have a couple questions.
1. When I purchased the boat the winch was grinding badly. I took it apart to grease it (there was NO grease inside when I removed the drum), and noticed some of the grinding it was having was due to the shoulder bolts on the self tailer. All 4 of them were snapped off in the drum when I took it apart. I have been thinking of talking to a machine shop to extract the ends of the bolts, but I was wondering if it would be easier for them to just retap the drum in an offset location.
2. The large spiral retaining clip that holds the drum on was bent. I can get the the small spiral retaining clips for the top of the winch (they came in a lewmar/barient rebuild kit) but I dont know where to get new large retaining rings. Anyone have any clue?
3. The self tailing system was easy to remove since the bolts were already broken (the top just came off once the clip was removed) but I have not been able to seperate the line stripper from the central portion. I know it will be a problem once I have new screws. The manuals I find online say to take a soft hammer (like a deadblow) and tap counterclockwise to unscrew it. I tried that with a friend and no luck so far. Any tips or tricks to remove this?
Thanks everyone, I really want to rebuild these winches I am impressed with how well they still work since I don't think they have been serviced since they were put on the boat in 1981.
Over the summer I purchased a Hunter 37 cutter. I spent the summer enjoying the boat on the Chesapeake, and now I am working on refitting and maintenance. I took off the starboard Barient 23 winch to rebuild. I have a couple questions.
1. When I purchased the boat the winch was grinding badly. I took it apart to grease it (there was NO grease inside when I removed the drum), and noticed some of the grinding it was having was due to the shoulder bolts on the self tailer. All 4 of them were snapped off in the drum when I took it apart. I have been thinking of talking to a machine shop to extract the ends of the bolts, but I was wondering if it would be easier for them to just retap the drum in an offset location.
2. The large spiral retaining clip that holds the drum on was bent. I can get the the small spiral retaining clips for the top of the winch (they came in a lewmar/barient rebuild kit) but I dont know where to get new large retaining rings. Anyone have any clue?
3. The self tailing system was easy to remove since the bolts were already broken (the top just came off once the clip was removed) but I have not been able to seperate the line stripper from the central portion. I know it will be a problem once I have new screws. The manuals I find online say to take a soft hammer (like a deadblow) and tap counterclockwise to unscrew it. I tried that with a friend and no luck so far. Any tips or tricks to remove this?
Thanks everyone, I really want to rebuild these winches I am impressed with how well they still work since I don't think they have been serviced since they were put on the boat in 1981.