--- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, eric <kimberlite@o...> wrote:

Graham,

I removed the shaft by placing a long steel bolt in the threaded

hole in the

bottom of the shaft and driving it up with a heavy sledge hammer. A

regular

hammer or mallet will not work. The shaft came loose and I sanded

the rust

off of it and replaced it with a thick film of white lube.

Fair winds,

Eric

Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu 376



Hi Eric,

When you hit the bolt with the sledge hammer, which shaft came
loose? the one holding the Andersen winch? It sounds as if instead
of dropping the gearbox, you raised the winch. Is this right? I'm
about to try it, and would appreciate as much detail as you can
provide. Thanks to you and Graham for your input!!

Roy, Excalibur SM #195

_____

From: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Graham Boyd
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 4:42 PM
To: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Noisy outhaul drive on main boom



I have just had exactly the same and it resulted in the gear box

packing up

completely! Fortunately the manual over ride system in the SM works

quite

well. I tried to remove the gear box yesterday using a puller - you

undo the

bolt underneath the gear box connected to the vertical shaft that

attaches

directly to the rope drum and then you "pull the gear box down".

Amel told

me that it would probably be very stiff and that most likely I

would have to

remove the boom and take it to a work shop with a hydraulic puller.

It

appears that they are right! For your information it is the

horizontal

spindle that connects to the motor that has failed on my boat. Amel

weren't

a bit surprised at this as my boat is 10 yrs old and depending on

mileage

gear boxes regularly fail at 5 yrs. Let me know how you get on, I

will be

using a manual outhaul now until the boat comes ashore for the

winter,

Graham Boyd
SM 140 Sula

rbenven44 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Hi there,
We have developed a loud noise when using the outhaul drive on the
main boom. It is coming from the gearbox area, as it is there even
when the rope is removed. I have tried lubricating the gearbox, but
would prefer to remove it from the boom to do this thoroughly.
Has anyone done this? Or otherwise solved this problem?
Thanks for any ideas.

Roy on Excalibur, SM #195







Yahoo! Groups Links








---------------------------------
To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all

new Yahoo!

Security Centre.






SPONSORED LINKS


Sailing
<http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?

t=ms&k=Sailing&w1=Sailing&w2=Sailing+yacht&w3=

Amel&w4=Boating+sailing&c=4&s=63&.sig=PlhCW0zvsb13KReuHX3A-Q>

Sailing
<http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?

t=ms&k=Sailing+yacht&w1=Sailing&w2=Sailing+yac

ht&w3=Amel&w4=Boating+sailing&c=4&s=63&.sig=SzbkQjL-

eN7E93cbJzL0eQ> yacht

Amel
<http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?

t=ms&k=Amel&w1=Sailing&w2=Sailing+yacht&w3=Ame

l&w4=Boating+sailing&c=4&s=63&.sig=pKnE4krYP80ImoJWH3305w>


Boating
<http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?

t=ms&k=Boating+sailing&w1=Sailing&w2=Sailing+y

acht&w3=Amel&w4=Boating+sailing&c=4&s=63&.sig=-

PqrRug6_9dlpPCqNcYXvA>

sailing







_____

YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS



* Visit your group "amelyachtowners
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amelyachtowners> " on the web.

* To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
amelyachtowners-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:amelyachtowners-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?

subject=Unsubscribe>

* Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo!
<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Service.



_____