[Alberg30] Disassembly Merriman winch

[Scott Wallace]

Hi Kathy,

My "new" 1962 Rhodes Meridian has the Merriman winches, too, and mine need to be overhauled or at least cleaned and lubed, too!  As soon as my boat gets to Cincinnati from FLorida, I will go out and figure out what is holding the drum on and let you know.  Don Casey's book, Good Old Boat, has a section on winch cleaning and lubricating.  These old Merriman winches were probably undersized by today's standards, but I have always found them to serve well.  They were quite well made and if you consider how long of service they have given, it has been pretty darn good!

The course threaded set-screw at the bottom of the recess; did you manage to remove it? If you had, and the drum didn't come off, you could try removing the setscrew again and GENTLY tapping the winch drum with a hammer handle or wood block and hammer to see if it might be stuck from not having been off in many years...

Thanks,

Scott

Kathy O'Neill wrote:

> Scott: Thanks for the link to RigRIte.  Unfortunately there is nothing like a split ring on these winches.  They have a several mm diameter oil hole through the top middle of the square ratchet post that has "oil" next to it.  Attempts to get a "bite" of something down the hole with allen wrenches or pins are unsuccessful.  In the recessed area in the center of the winch drum top there is a small 2.5 mm diameter 5 mm long coarse threaded set screw which screws in flush with the bottom of the recessed part of the ratchet cavity. Unfortunately the same seems to hold true with it..no obvious allen wrench fitting or anything else down the hole to get a hold of or lock into (this was my #1 guess as to how to lock the drum for disassembly). If you run across anything else please let me know.
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