Well, some of the 28's are indestructible. The alloy Barient and Barlows suffer from metal failures.
Failure mode 1 - wallowing out of the pawl sockets. This can result in the pawl not operating smoothly or at all. Failure mode 2 - breaking off of teeth in the drum skirt. This usually happens when the headsail flogs violently with a wrap or two on a winch. Note: I've only seen these failures on alloy winches. Stainless and chrome/bronze winches are much more robust. When Touche' had alloy winches, I kept a spare 28 just in case. I have upgraded to chrome/bronze or stainless winches so the spare 28 (non-ST) is available. I also have some spare roller bearings for Barient 28 Non-ST's if anybody needs them. Sorry, no pawls or springs. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Those 28s are virtually indistructable but they are heavy. What size are > you going up to? > Joel > > >
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