Yes, except that the base of the old Size 10 winch is smaller that the new ST 30 base and the pattern of bolts is different. I rotated the new base to space the new holes as far as possible from the old holes.
Joe McCary Aeolus II. #4795, West River, MD www.aeoluswestriver.net joe at photoresponse dot com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IC27A] Re: New Winch Instalation Cool Joe and thanks for the report as I will be doing this in a month from now. Did you place the new winches in the same general location? --- In [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> , "Joe McCary" <j...@...> wrote: > > Today, was a productive day at the boat. I finally persuaded my brother to > come give me a hand installing the 2 Lewmar 30 ST (2 speed) winches. I was > surprised at how easy the 2 old Lewmar 10 winches were to disassemble. It > was a simple matter of prying up the thin split ring and easily removing it. > Then the top cover plate (the chrome "Lewmar" doughnut ring) comes up easily > and then the drum follows. The small black ring and the 2 roller drums > followed by a black spaces all follow easily but messy. That leaves the > gear post and base. This part takes 2 people; one above deck and one below. > On the starboard side, the easy side, the 2nd person in in the quarter birth > with a wocket wrench and loosens the nuts (5) and removes them and the flat > washers (surprise there was NO backup plate on what I am sure were the > standard main winches). The post side was a bit more difficult and it ment > my svelt brother slipping down into the port locker and reaching as far > forward (way forward of the 2 marine batteries, mine are on a custom shelf) > and removing the nuts and washers. Once the screws come up, the entire post > will lift off (I used an old winch handle inserted in normal position) and > just lift off. Clean the remaing deck area was next. And then I enlarged > the old holes slightly. I backed the holes with packing tape and then > filled them with marine epoxy. Once that cures, I marked the places for the > new holes and drilled them. I cut a backing plate for each side. Then > placed the plate in position while the topside person drilled the first > hole, and placed one of the screws in (we got all new screws because the old > ones were too short, because of the backing plate). We then drilled the > other 4 holes per side and then again removed those screws. We added a > liberal coating of 3M 4200 to the base area. Then the below decks person > held the plate in place while we aligned it with a long, thin screwdriver > while the new Lewmar base/post/gear assembly was held in place. Then the > screws and then tightning of all screws and large oversize washers and nuts. > I wiped clean all the excess 4200 and then reassembled the winches. Job > done, about 2 hours (plus a trip to the West Marine store for Screws and > other sundries). > > > > Anyone need a psir of Lewmar 10 winches? > > > > Joe McCary > > Aeolus II. #4795, West River, MD > > www.aeoluswestriver.net > > joe at photoresponse dot com > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5045 (20100420) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
