West Marine has a sale on now, through Sunday. Buy one, get one free. Lewmar winches included. Might be a better way to go, Mike. Disclaimer: I don't know whether it applies to all WM stores. I received the announcement in an email from them.
Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 1:00 PM, mike amirault via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://urldefense.proofpoint. > com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.paypal.me_stumurray&d=DwICAg&c= > clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r= > 9w3G7Cf8YfQnrjmtuNxwDJYr3JMv9f1pAfgAJ9xXYQQ&m= > JvQeXR2lcqDKbQJzxq8z8nd40u8MQFifx3lrsPi2LGA&s= > XNWyIM6HM1D5CmC1M5uLi2mxWBbKqz4S7cVqYIY_s64&e= > > >
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