The screws that hold the spring tension on the line lifter are too tight and are rubbing on the bronze spindle below. A series of small washers or grinding of the screws short will most likely fix the problem.
All the best, Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 13:08 Andrew Means via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi all - > > The two Barient 27 primary winches on the Safari were in sorry shape, so > last week I decided to service them. After a rather protracted battle I was > able to disassemble and clean/oil/grease one of them to my satisfaction, > however - when reassembling the first winch I realized that, while > definitely smoother internal operations, it still squeaks! > > I think I've traced it to the line lifter rubbing on the clamp ring (see > manual here > <http://svsoggypaws.com/files/Winches/Barient%2027%20ST%20Winch%20Service%20Manual.pdf>). > I didn't think I needed to remove the line lifter originally, but after > tracing the squeak there I wasn't able to unscrew it (the manual says to > tap it with a soft hammer - hitting it rather hard with a soft hammer > didn't help either). > > Does anyone else have these winches on their boat? Anybody else had this > problem? > > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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