I went to disassemble a winch for the first time today, and came away confused. In all the pictures and diagrams I have seen, the gear spindles have a head, like a nail, that can be used to lift them up so the gears can be removed. On mine, I can't see anyway to remove the gear spindles (except maybe by removing the winch from the deck):
So I started searching online, and now I am confused about what model they are. On top they say Lewmar 43ST (and I believe they would be from the Wavegrip series). However, when I compare them to diagrams online, the base looks closer to the 42ST. Do you think a previous owner mixed and matched parts?
My winch (I neglected to photo the drum):
Lewmar wavegrip 43ST/46ST diagram:
from: http://www.pyacht.com/graphics/Lew_WG_4346st.gif
Lewmar wavegrip 42ST diagram:
from: http://www.oysterbayboatshop.com/pdf/lewmar/V3/L3_42st.pdf
Regardless of the model, it looks like the gear spindles should have heads on them. The winches are working fine, I just want to clean and grease/oil them. Any help/ suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
dave

So I started searching online, and now I am confused about what model they are. On top they say Lewmar 43ST (and I believe they would be from the Wavegrip series). However, when I compare them to diagrams online, the base looks closer to the 42ST. Do you think a previous owner mixed and matched parts?
My winch (I neglected to photo the drum):

Lewmar wavegrip 43ST/46ST diagram:

from: http://www.pyacht.com/graphics/Lew_WG_4346st.gif
Lewmar wavegrip 42ST diagram:

from: http://www.oysterbayboatshop.com/pdf/lewmar/V3/L3_42st.pdf
Regardless of the model, it looks like the gear spindles should have heads on them. The winches are working fine, I just want to clean and grease/oil them. Any help/ suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
dave