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General windlass Q
- 390Express
- Captain
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General windlass Q
Took the motor off and pulled the front cover, it still seems jammed up. I can’t turn the gearbox with a manual hand crank, not even a little bit. How would so go about inspecting the gearbox and getting a look at what’s going on inside? There’s a spring clip, but I can’t see much else. Pics below:
- Midnightsun
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2007 41CMY
Volvo D6-370's - Location: Montreal, Canada
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Re: General windlass Q
- 390Express
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Re: General windlass Q
Midnightsun wrote:Source of the post In the second picture where you see the main shaft there is a circlip you can actually see in the picture. Remove that and the gearbox should slide downward and away (it does on mine). At this point the gear box is disconnected entirely and if this frees up the rope then the trouble is in the gear box.
Thanks MNS, sounds like you've been into a windlass gearbox before. I'm expecting to find a little rust or corrosion in there jamming everything up, but no broken gears. It seems locked up from non-use. The boat sat for 3 seasons without the windlass being used. I'm having the electric motor rebuilt now, apparently it was only operating on two brushes, and wasn't making the power it should have.
What will I be getting into if I leave the C-clip in, and unscrew the allen head screws above the C-clip? Would that be another way to separate it? or will that split the gear box in half, and dump oil everywhere?
- Midnightsun
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Re: General windlass Q
- Tireless
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- Vessel Info: 2006 Carver 44 CMY
Volvo Penta D6 370 HP - Location: Port Severn, Ontario
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