Anchorman Sprint 900 Windlass Disassembly and Fleming

[duck21]

Hi all,

First, Does anyone know if there are any sources for parts for the Sprint 900 Windlass? The fleming on ours is broken/missing. I've searched the internet and made a few calls, but so far no luck.

The second part of this question: I attempted to disassemble the winch while at the boat this weekend, but couldn't get things disassembled. The clutch nut comes right out, but I couldn't remove the drum. I attempted to lift, pry, and spin the top section, but no luck. Am I correct in understanding the drum SHOULD just lift right off (vertically) (I have the manual, it insinuates it should lift off, but I don't see explicit instructions)? Are there additional clips holding it in place? If it is just frozen in place is something like PB blaster recommended or is applying heat a better option? I don't want to muck up (or melt) any of the internals (assuming I can find a fleming and make it usable again).

If it's not repairable I can make do (I'm still young enough to hoist our anchor and chain), but it'd be nice to take advantage of existing systems.

Thanks!

 

[sail sfbay]

.........Does anyone know if there are any sources for parts for the Sprint 900 Windlass? The fleming on ours is broken/missing. ............

These sites have may have a fleming:

Parts for Anchorman Power Windlass | Simpson Lawrence Yacht Parts & Spares (slspares.co.uk)
Simpson Lawrence Horizon 600/900 Parts (p2marine.com)

 

[duck21]

I chatted with the P2 Marine folks, unfortunately no luck there. I'll check out SLSpares, though!

 

[duck21]

An update on my Anchorman Sprint 900 windlass repairs:

1. I was eventually able to remove the drum. PB Blaster, heat, and light taps/prying with a hammer and a couple of screw drivers eventually got it off. However, I was never able to remove the gypsy. It looks like there are two pins between the gypsy and the cones that "lock" the gypsy into the center shaft. I couldn't get those to slide out, and eventually ran out of time. Which brings me to the other part of my original question:

2. It turns out the Sprint Anchorman 1500 fleming is the same size as the Sprint 900--however, the gypsy on the 900 doesn't appear to disassemble into two pieces which, I believe, is why the original 900 flemings were a split-plastic piece that could be wrapped around the gypsy.

I purchased a Stainless 1500 fleming from Crowleys.com

Ss Fleming S1500 (66200159)

Ss Fleming S1500 (66200159)

crowleys.com

I then modified it with a sawzall to remove the ring to look something like this:

I was then able to slide the open ring around the center of the gyps and screw everything down. Quick test shows that it works like a charm.

A little grease on the drum (to, hopefully, keep it from seizing to the center shaft again) and we're back in business.

 

[kappykaplan]

we're back in business.

Congratulations!

 

[duck21]

Mostly just adding this here so that when some other Anchorman owner has this issue (in about 10 years) this'll come up in search and they can revive the thread.