[Rhodes22-list] Converting Electric Winch Motor Lift to a Manual System

[Jesse Shumaker]

Since the remote on my motorized winch was starting to act up late last
summer, I had pondered whether to switch to a manual setup or replace the
winch.  Now that I hear of the loads mentioned in this thread, I'm glad I
chose the path of replacing with a new electric winch.  My back gives me
problems occasionally and lifting a heavy motor (my 9.8 Tohatsu is no
feather) could be problematic.  Also, it's best if my wife is comfortable
running all operations of the boat as well and lifting a motor that weighs
so much, even with the mechanical advantage, may not even be feasible for
her.  Since I did have concerns about redundancy, I replaced it with a new
ATV winch that had both a wired switch and two remotes.  That project is
summarized at
http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/Replacement-of-winch-for-motor-lift-td56157.html#a56176


I figured that if the motor was ever stuck in the up position and the
electric winch failed when I really needed to lower the motor, I could run
a line over the stern rail that attaches to the motor and to the port winch
like Mike mentioned.  After getting that tensioned I could cut the belt
that runs from the winch and would be free to lower the motor gradually
with the spare line.  Raising would be the same technique, only it would
not require cutting of the belt.

Since my motor will occasionally get slightly stuck on the way down, I give
the tracks an occasional spray of silicone lubricant and that helps.  All I
need to do is give the motor a little nudge on the way down if it gets
stuck.  It never seems to be an issue on the way up.

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 4:54 AM Gmorganflier <gmorgan.flier at gmail.com> wrote:

> Peter,
>
> It seems we have done a similar setup on converting to our manual lift
> system. Please post some photos.
>
> I thought of something which may be causing my extra resistance and maybe
> on
> yours also. When my motor is not against either the bottom or top stops,
> just somewhere in between, I can take my motor and swing it side to side
> and
> there’s a lot of movement. There was even more when I bought the boat
> before
> i had someone add some shims to get rid of some of the slop.
>
> With our system I wonder where the center of force is on the bottom tube.
> Maybe it’s not centered and it’s not pulling the motor up straight in the
> channels. Maybe in my case as I start up, it’s cocking the engine at an
> angle in the metal channels creating extra resistance? I’ll have to
> experiment with this.
>
> George Morgan
>
>
>
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