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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Mainsail outhaul gearbox

sailormon <kimberlite@...>
 

Mike,

it is the same drawing. I believe it is one I might have sent to Bill to post.

Looks like you will need a new gearbox (ouch) from Amel.

 

I was fortunate to get the last two disassemble gearboxes in the USA from Emmerson Electric.

 

Before you mount the new gearbox, I would suggest you drill and tap a  5 mm hole on the port and starboard side of the gearbox. The autoprop grease adapter will fit in these holes. Drill one high and the other low. I fill through the lower drill hole and wait till clean grease comes out of the upper drill hole. I then install a short nylon bolt. They come in bags of 50.

I have done this on both gearboxes, and the genoa furler.

Fair Winds

Eric

Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

 

 

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Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 1:14 PM
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Subject: RE: [Amel Yacht Owners] Mainsail outhaul gearbox

 

 

Eric,

Thank you for the offer. Email is mdondra at Verizon dot net.

Also Walter already uploaded to Yahoo the Leroy Sumer technical data and
drawings. Perhaps yours are different?

Mike

ALETES SM#240

Rock Hall, MD

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Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 12:57 PM
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Subject: RE: [Amel Yacht Owners] Mainsail outhaul gearbox

Mike,

Please send me your email and I will send you a drawing of the gearbox.

I removed the shaft by removing the boom, turning it upside down on the deck
supported by wood dunnage,

And then installing a long socket head cap screw-grade 10 and then driving
it out with a large sledge hammer. I use an anti-seize compound on it twice
a year now.

Fair Winds

Eric

Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

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Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 7:33 AM
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Subject: [Amel Yacht Owners] Mainsail outhaul gearbox

I know others have had difficulty extracting from the gearbox the shaft that
drives the gypsy, an operation that often requires some significant force.
After neglecting to lubricate that shaft for a year or two (maybe more) I
had the same problem. Tensioning a halyard to the top of the shaft and some
aggressive upward pounding with a sledge hammer succeeded in breaking the
top plate of the gearbox. While this facilitated partial disassembly of the
gearbox in place, we are left with the core of the gearbox and the gear
still in place and frozen to the shaft which remains through the boom.

Proposed next steps:

1) Remove the large gear from the core. It was not obvious to me how
that gear is splined to the core. Can that gear be extracted downward with a
gear puller?

2) After removing the gear, my thought is to expand the core by heat
which hopefully will then allow the shaft to be extracted.

Thoughts and suggestions? This is the Leroy Somer MVA M33C gearbox.

Suggestion to others, remove and grease the mainsail outhaul shaft at least
once a year.

Mike Ondra

ALETES SM#240

Rock Hall, MD
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