Posted by Larry Hoenig on March 09, 19100 at 13:44:18:
In Reply to: Help! Seized m-37 winch "free spool" handle posted by tom on March 08, 19100 at 22:09:56:
On my WDX winch, the dog clutch would not slide on the shaft. I had to remove the winch, remove the spool and use a press to remove the dog clutch. The shaft had "mushroomed" slightly next to the two keys under the clutch. (Probably had been overloaded sometime in the previous 50 years.) It had to be filed down a little to get the dog clutch moving freely. Sandpaper cleaned up some rust and then a coat of grease on the entire shaft. Good Luck.