Hutton Arco

[BarryL]

Hello,Last month I serviced my Barient 25 winches and lost a shaft and bearingover the side. "Damn Damn Damn" I said to myself "what am I going to do now?"Some internet searching revealed that only one place in the world still supports those winches. I checked the usual places for old winches.The only ones I found were very expensive. So, with low expectations I sent an email to Hutton Arco, you can get their email address at:http://www.arco-winches.com/and hoped for the best. I received a reply very quickly, called, and orderedthe parts I lost, and a good amount of spares.It took about a month, because the shaft I needed was not in stock, butthey had the original drawings and were able to manufacture a new one.The parts arrived Friday. Yesterday I installed them, and the winch nowworks perfectly.If you need parts for your Barient or Barlow winch, give Hutton-Arco a try.No relationship except as a satisfied customer.Barry

 

[Bob Fox]

Arco winches

I also lost a spring overboard and tried unsuccessfully to get replacments in the USA by luck I stumbled on the Arco austrailia site. They were very prompt toreply and I was able to order a kit with new springs pawls ect. They also haveall the gears and races in stock for my 20 year old plus barlow #23 2 speeds.It seems kind of a strange to me that Arco would have all the old parts fromBarlow a Co now defunct for almost 20 years and not sell new winches through anyof the marine supplies I contacted in the USA. There are plenly ofn sailorslooking for these parts here in the usaBob

 

[Warren Milberg]

It's nice to see a post

giving credit to a company that earned a pat on the back. We all should do more of that.FWIW, some years ago I had a boat that had small Barients (not sure of the size). Some pawl springs broke in one and the winch jammed.After getting the drum off (a whole other story), I tried using a Lewmar rebuild kit as I had it on hand. Much to my delight, both the pawls and the springs fit the Barient.