Posted by dave horvath on Monday, June 13, 2005 at 1:40PM :
Here's an idea for a demonstration/challenge at the rally in October: Reassembly of the Braden Mu-2 winch.
Imagine two teams competing side-by-side to reassemble one winch each. The teams would be judged for time and accuracy (I'll need some help here). The winches would be fully disassembled except for the brass gear on the drum shaft and the brass gear and bearings on the worm shaft. All parts would be blasted, primed, drum brake relined, etc. and laid out ready to assemble with all replacement gaskets and seals.
I have one winch disassembled that will be ready to go, just need to find one more locally and get one of my buddies (Kieth or John S) to disassemble theirs and order the replacement parts needed for the second winch.
Sound like fun?