ANCHOR WINDLASS STRIP & ASSEMBLE - Quick Argo entire winch assembly

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Catamaran Impi is sailing around the world.

For Impi, cruising pleasure comes from doing preventative maintenance projects and this is about our QUICK windlass strip and assemble project with a 10 year old windlass on a boat that sails full time and occupants who live at anchor all over the world.

I am not one to feel passionate about doing technical videos, however, when folks heard I was stripping our windlass to replace bearings and seals, brushes to the motor and more, they asked me to please video the event.

This video is therefore for ordinary sailors like you and me (and not for the expert) – it is how we achieve this with limited means and with limited resources to tools living on our boat.

To Make Viewing And Going To Relevant Sections Of The Video EASIER For You – We Have Time Stamped Under Headings Below:

We Include The Following:

Overhaul Top Section
Overhaul Gearbox
Some Work On The Electric Motor

It includes parts we use as well as how I built a flange that was corroded after the agent said we had to buy an entire new unit and they do not sell the flange separately.

I will try to help out by leaving some time codes here for those who want to only see portions of the work done:

00:00 Brent Chats About The Video Content
1:34 Intro
2:06 Stripping The TOP SECTION (Also 19:37 Seals, Bearings & Shafts. At 26:36 – Assemble Top Section)
2:52 A Discussion About The Housing Base
3:14 How Debris Is Expelled
3:50 Top Flange Corroded Away Due To Seal Damage In Top Shaft
3:54 Hose Off The Chain When Raising Anchor
4:00 Remove The Lower Section (Gear / Reduction box & Motor)
5:05 Removing The Electric Motor & Housing
5:56 Stripping The Gear / Reduction Box
10:10 I Modify / Build My Flange Due To Not Being Sold Separately
11:10 Checking Seal Surfaces etc.
11:24 Using My Puller To Pull Bearings (We Improvise)
12:18 Preparing Surfaces And Installing Bearings
15:02 A Bit About The Worm And Worm Gear
15:38 Fitting Seals And Which Way Around To Install Them
18:51 Installing My Fiberglass Flange
18:56 Installing The Electric Motor
19:37 Top Section Bearings, Circlips, Shaft & Seals
20:28 Social Media MAte Chuck Lanter Has A Stubourn Shaft. he Shows Me A Great Method To Pull The Shaft Upwards Without A Hydraulic Press (Remember To Remove The Top Circlip
20:47 Removing Circlips
20:54 Shaft Is Removed. It Can Also Be Removed By Hammering Upwards On The Botoom Of The Shaft But Be Careful Not To ‘Buldge’ The Bottom Of The Shaft As It will Make For A Difficult Re Assembly
21:12 Removing Circlips
21:23 Empty Top Housing (shows Casing & Outer Circlip groove That Holds The Shaft Bearings In Place)
21:29 Top Shaft Bearings & Circlips Installed
21:48 Installing The Shaft With Bearings To The Top Housing
22:03 Same Above Different method (without Access To A Press)
24:32 Installing Top Shaft Seals
25:22 Getting The Bed Surface Ready For The Top Section
25:50 Top Up With Oil (overfill And Adjust Level After Installed)
25:58 Fitting The Wiring In Place
26:16 Test
26:23 Quick look At The Top & Bottom Section Coming Together
26:27 Chain Counter Wire Holes (Our Set Up Was Wrong – We Do Not Have A Counter)
26:36 Assembling The Top Section
28:27 Some Stuff About The Electric DC Motor (opening it Up Quickly)
29:12 Unlikely To Happen But If You Burn Wiring Due To A Dead Short & Stuck In A Remote Location – You Can Help Yourself Out
30:52 Testing The Armature (30:56 Bar To Ground Test, 31:25 180* Test, 31:57 Bar To Bar Test)
32:15 Stripping the Motor
32:49 Armature Is Removed
33:06 Removing The Brushes (Different Ways To Do This)
35:37 Cleaning The Commutator Sailor Style
36:23 Clean Between Commutator Bars (ALWAYS)
36:53 Brush Set & Instalation

Sometimes I show Things More Than Once To Explain Myself Better

39:53 Sailing South This Week As We Ran From Cyclone OMA

PARTS CROSS REFERENCE:

BRUSH KITS:

CARGO BSX 124
OR
BOSCH Starter Carbon Brush SET 1007014100

FEMSA 13784 – 27

Euro Reference: BSX12

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