Antal Winch Repair

[Paul H]

My wife was tightening the main halyard using our Antal winch. I guess she didn't know her own strength and was cranking the winch to finish raising the main when we heard a snap from the winch. I've never dived into winch repair before so I called a couple of places for advice. They started talking about pawls and springs. I have no instructions for this winch so I don't even no where to begin. What do I look for? How intricate is it? I read on a previous post about putting a box around it before I start taking things apart which makes a lot of sense. After that I'm lost. Appreciate any advise on this.Paul HS/V Linda Belle95 H26

 

[Joe]

Winch comment...

go to the related link for articles on winches and repair.

 

[Joe]

another winch comment

this is a result of a simple google search for Antal Marine Equipment.........

 

[Paul H]

Winch Comment

Joe, I found the web site prior to posting this . I wanted to find out what I needed to be aware of when I tore into this puppy. I've already contacted Euromarine( the distributor for Antal) and found them to be really helpful but I was hoping for some feed back from someone who has actually done it. I'll research the archives here and see if I can pull something up also. Paul HS/V Linda Belle95 H26

 

[Al Lorman]

Winch repair

I took apart, cleaned, greased and reassembled my Lewmar winches for the first time last month. I was a bit intimidated at first, but I did put a box around them so I wouldn't lose any parts. The Antal seems to have a few more parts than the Lewmar, but I actually found them to be reasonably simply to take apart and put back together. If there is something broken, I suspect it will be obvious as there aren't too many things in there that can break.Good luck.

 

[joe]

paul.....

We don't see too much Antal stuff out here, but I'm of the mind that modern winches are basically similar, so a general article such as you'd find in Sailnet.com might be all you need. Sorry I couldn't have been more helpful.