My Barient 27's are developing a lot of play. The aluminum drums wearing badly (the inside, not the outside).
The rest of the winches are in great shape, gears, bearings, pawls. I was wondering if anyone on the group has ever tried having a machine shop bore out the interior of the drum to accept a sleeve of aluminum or oilite bronze. I contacted Hutton Winches in Australia and they told me they do this service for $400/drum. Obviously, shipping 2 large winches to Australia and back would be out of the question. Anyone had this done at a local machine shop? Mike Amirault C&C33ii Lovely Cruise SMSC
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