Re: Garwood winch Model CA514-305166


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Posted by David Sherman [24.32.202.83] on Friday, November 06, 2009 at 00:24:09 :

In Reply to: Re: Garwood winch Model CA514-305166 posted by Ron Hardin [71.231.105.225] on Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 17:39:11 :

Sounds like it's the one I'm familiar with. I'm sure they were cheap back when M37s were cheap too. It's a shame they welded it on. Since the top bar is junk, you probably don't have the data plate on it that says "Light duty". The lesson from all those mangled up parts is: Don't let the winch wind its chain and hook around itself. They did not have roller fairleads, but they do have curved vertical guides on the two ends.

Yes the drum lock pin is supposed to be spring loaded. It has a little handle on the end, about 1-1/2" long, that you use to pull it out, then turn it 1/4 turn and put it into the "out" slot in the special nut. Springs are usually the first pieces to rust out in anything where water can get in, so yours probably rusted and either got stuck or broke. Take the handle off, unscrew the special slotted nut, and the pin and spring should come out. Some paint or grease on the spring and in the hole would help preserve it. I'm sure a standard hardware-store spring assortment would contain one that would work. I have some NOS pins, but I'm pretty sure they don't come with springs. I think the spring is fairly important to keep the pin from jiggling out when you need it locked, or in when you need it unlocked.

Have you tried to get it to turn yet? It really is a good strong winch, and with the aluminum housings, it's not ungodly heavy. Most of the weight is the cable. For some reason, I'm thinking it normally carries 300' of 1/2". Not sure if you're anywhere around North Idaho but if you are I could probably get you some good used 1/2" cable from the mines for next to nothing. The miners all take the smaller stuff for their winches and firewood skidding, but nobody uses 1/2" cable on their pickup winches. 1/2" is pretty reasonable to buy at an industrial rigging place, too. The M35 setup had 3' of heavy chain on the end and a big slip hook at the end of that. I like that kind of arrangement because it's the chain that makes the sharp bends and goes over the sharp corners of things. Saves your cable from getting all snarly at the end. The military setup has a nice socket with a clevis installed on the end of the cable, and then the chain attaches to that with an oblong ring. That's a lot cleaner than just folding the cable over and putting 3 crosby clips on it. A rigging shop can put a socket on your cable for you.



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