Joe, Yes, it's a possibility that you'll need someone to hold the bolt head while you remove the hardware below.
I will say that having disassembled my Barient. I've Cleaned and Lubed my winches several times ...AND.. You shouldn't need to worry about getting to the bolt heads under the winch. Once you remove the "C" clamp, the Drum will LIFT up and off ...and expose the bolt heads. A TIP on disassembling winches.. that was going around the internet a few years ago, has help me a lot. Use a cardboard box, cut a hole the size of the winch in the bottom.. To Set over the winch. Place some cloth (old towel) in the bottom. With that arrangement you have less a chance of loosing parts to the water overboard. If they do "get away" they land on the towel at the bottom of the box. You won't have to tip the boat over 90 degrees.. LOL Best, Ralph ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe McCary To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 11:27 AM Subject: RE: [IC27A] Help with standard winches I have to go check out that possibility. I have a traditional (fold down table) layout. I would imagine the starboard winch mounting in back under the starboard quarter birth and the port winch Is in the port locker. But the last time I replaced a winch I needed to hold the bolts on the topside when I unscrewed the nets below. That would mean disassembling the old (and new) winches. Joe McCary __I have to go check out that possibility. I have a traditional (fold down table) layout. I would imagine the starboard winch mounting in back under the starboard quarter birth and the port winch Is in the port locker,_I have to go check out that possibility. I have a traditional (fold._,___
