We have similar Lewmar winches. Instead of removing them to get at that last
gear, we clean what we can in place with Q-Tips soaked in WD-40, then
regrease Don't know of any other way to get to them except by removing them
(not gonna happen soon), and don't know what Lewmar was thinking when they
designed these...
Michael
S/V Cambria

On 11/28/06, Cindy Ballreich <cindy@ballreich.net> wrote:
>
> Everything comes apart except for
> a large gear at the base of the winch which seems to be caged in by the
> frame. I can't see that it can be removed except possibly by removing
> the winch from the base (and maybe not even then). My solution (for the
> moment) is to clean and regrease it as well as possible with it in
> place. I can't help wondering if I'm missing something. Is there a
> simple way to remove this gear?
>
> Thanks
>
> Cindy
> s/v Mandisa
> Baba 30 #218
>
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