And give me a link to a manual for it? I have no idea how to take it apart and service it.
I know it needs servicing because every fifth crank or so I move the handle without anything happening. It feels like the pawls don’t want to catch, or something. Regardless, the windlass is important, and no doubt it looks like all hell inside, knowing my luck and having experienced everything else breaking on the boat.
I torn down a Simpson-Lawrence Tiger (similar but not the same). All the guts come out of the bottom and the shafts get pressed out the sides. The interior was filled with rust stained grease. Unfortunately there are plastic parts and a couple of steel springs that were rusted and broken. The broken springs kept the ratchet mechanism from working. Rebuilding is very messy but not difficult. I have a manual inPDF that shows an exploded view, if you send an email, I’ll forward it to you.
MAXWELL NILSSON H-700 or H-1000 manual windlass.
Sorry could not find a manual. May have to call Maxwell directly.
http://www.maxwellwinches.com/
Mike
Maxwell / Nilsson HWM-600
Hi Matt, did you end up finding a manual for it? Thank you very much, Madelaine Grant
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