{"id":1154,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:13:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:13:30","slug":"cleaning-winches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/cleaning-winches\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning Winches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">\n<p class=\"Body\"> Have you done any articles or do you have any information available on the cleaning and greasing of winches? Our particular problem is how to remove the top of self-tailing winches so as to get access to the spindle to remove the drum assembly. Any helpful hints would be appreciated. Thank you, JP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">\n<p class=\"Body\"> Hi JP: The disassembly procedure varies with winch brands and designs. For example, on BEOWULF we have three types of Lewmar winches which each require a slightly different process. The best approach is to find the manuals for your particular winches&#8211;or a rigger who is familiar with them. If you use the latter, it might be helpful to videotape the process. Re: the grease itself, both Lewmar and Harken sell a special grease. We often use a light weight lithium-based grease. For the pawls, it is usually best to use something really light such as 3 in one oil (but check your winch mfg.&#8217;s specifications). Regards&#8212;Steve <\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you done any articles or do you have any information available on the cleaning and greasing of winches? Our <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/cleaning-winches\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-talk","category-yacht-systems-faqs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36401,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154\/revisions\/36401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}