Posted by Bob Thompson [172.249.80.183] on Friday, April 11, 2014 at 20:51:28 :
In Reply to: The rest of the question.... posted by jerryinidaho [64.234.49.226] on Friday, April 11, 2014 at 19:34:14 :
It looks like a hand crank. My question is, does it have a one way clutch?
If, when you crank it the in the lowering direction the crank actually screws out a bit; you have a one way clutch and you would lose your mechanical advantage because of t he way it's designed. So that if you are reversing the load on the spool you won't have the braking action of the clutch as you lower the load.
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