Fransgard winch dismantle

[slack ma girdle]

The weight of the drum is probably stopping the centre shaft from moving. With both of my Fransgards the centre shaft is the last thing to come out.

 

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[Dave177]

From memory you need to take off the metal bar that goes over the back of the winch. The clutch will then pull off and the drum will follow.

[John Hughes]

Well I got the shaft out with a bit of heat. This old winch has been much abused. There is hardly a bit of metal on it that hasn't been bent or welded. So I was not too surprised to find the shaft was visibly bent.

 

I turned a new shaft and the new coupling arm arrived this morning.

It is now all back together and I look forward to getting it back in the woods to try it out.

I bought the winch from Chef fins auctions as an unsold lot for under £300. I think it will do me well.

Thanks

John

 

 

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[MattyF]

Glad you got it sorted and nice work on the lathe.

They are good winches obviously hydraulic feed and remotes would not go amiss but they do what they say on the tin

[difflock]

Baasstaarrd!

Some folk ave all the luck=hard earned experience.

cheers

mth