Posted by clivaday (clivaday@…>)
5/10/04 The following is from the old Bulletin Board:
Posted by Neil on June 02, 2002 at 06:04:32:
In Reply to: Re: F-21 winch maintenance (Barient 8P) posted by
Christopher Ives on June 02, 2002 at 00:17:31:
: : I want to lubricate my Barient winches. I did not see a screw
head down in hole OR spring clip on top surface to gain access to the
inside. Do I have to remove the winch to release the drum from the
bottom??
: G’day, Nick - I believe one of my F21’s winches is like yours.
: The drum is released by pressing down on the central core.
: I found this out (to my consternation) when I used a winch handle
with an extra long square shaft.
: Take care not to ping out the ratchet pawls when you lift off the
drum.
: Wrap an old towel around it so you don’t lose anything vital.
: I was lucky because the old grease kept all the bits in place.
: Chris
— instead of a towel, you can take a cardboard box and cut a
circular hole in the bottom the size of the winch base. Slip it down
over the winch before you start. Traps whatever bits try to escape,
keeps grease off the nice boat and keeps any tools in one place. And
(as a bonus) it doesn’t have to be washed before the wife sees it,
like a towel!
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “freedom21306”
<freedom21306@y…> wrote:
Push down firmly on the plastic button in the bottom of the hole
for
the winch handle. It will release a spring and should lok in
place.
If the spring does not lock open, hold it down as you lift the
winch
drum up.Replacement Barient parts are available from an outfit in
Australia.
I got new top rings from them for my F21.Mike
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “babuone1”
<babuone1@y…>
wrote:I recently tried to service the Barient 8P winches on my 21
footer.
Much to my chagrin, there is no obvious way to remove the drum.
Normally you would find a lock ring on top. These have a stamped
sort
of image of one, but no ring.
I removed the winch from the deck…not much help there either.
All the documentation that I’ve read alludes to removing
this “ring/clip”.
Any thoughts out there?