All you really need is a large right angle needle nose pliers. Many types and sizes available looking something like this. <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B0006BIBBI/sr=1-58/qid=1190931751/r

Has anyone replaced the approx 4" dia. 3/4" thick donut mounting rings on the furling motors? Ours are cracked at the screw holes. Any idea if the material is hard rubber, or rubber that has hardened

Thanks, will look into having them locally machined. Now the harder question. In disassembling the mainsail furling gearbox some water flowed out. I found the top bearing pretty well shot, the gearbox

Thanks, will look into having them locally machined. Now the harder question. In disassembling the mainsail furling gearbox some water flowed out. I found the top bearing pretty well shot, the gearbox

I thought we were in luck when I found a Bonfiglioli distributor within a half hour drive from home in Hatfield, PA. And with damage to one bearing, the seals, the worm gear itself, and the housing fa

Gary, Following up on your last post on this subject. Maud at Amel has confirmed that the square gearbox on the SM2000 was/is made by Bonfiglioli. I have been trying for the past month trough our loca

Pat, After pulling the shafts, the main furling and outhaul gear boxes are identical. I am curious if the jib furling gearbox is the same as well in regards to stocking a spare. Anyway, still not reso

Hello Jeff, My research has lead me to believe the rotary shaft/bearing seals are 30 x 45 x 5 mm single lip nitrile oil seals. A source is epm.com. Minimum order quantity is 30 pcs at $3.65 each. They

The following is the installation and maintenance manual for the furling/outhaul gearbox on our SM2000. It contains disassembly and parts ordering information. http://www.leroy- somer.com/documentatio

Jorge, With the cut-and-paste the url got broken up. Here it is in one piece. http://www.leroy-somer.com/documentation_pdf/notices_pdf/1621a_MEVA_en.pdf Hold <Ctrl> and click on the above and you shou

Trevor, I did extensive research on the outhaul, and furling, gearboxes (both the same) used at least since SM #240. These squarish boxes are indeed Leroy Somer, not the rounder Bonfiglioli used in th

Diane and Pat, Nice to hear from you. Hopefully we'll run in to you at Duffy's during "repair season". How was the sail south? Mike _____ From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@

Haven't seen many postings on Autoprop bearing replacement. We are in process now. The kit from AB Marine in Rhode Island was $750 for the bearings and races, a bit salty. The blades had a bit a wobbl

Gary, The Autoprop went back together quite easily. As you noted, the bearing races are hardened steel, not stainless, and are a fairly loose fit in the recess. In conversing with AB Marine, the Autop

Gary, Perhaps there are different configurations of the Autoprop. Ours has bearings and bearing race exposed to sea water. The only seals we have to deal with are those on the prop shaft. Picture of r

I just purchased Timken seals in that size from Motion Industries in the US for $6.35 ea. Mike Aletes SM#240 _____ From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...] On Beh

On Aletes, SM #240 our foredeck and cockpit mizzen mast light are GE 28V50W part #4502 from SkyGeek.com for $10.75 ea. The price range on parts it incredible. This is a good forum to share such inform

Aletes (SM2000 #240) has a Mastervolt Battery Monitor. Upon reconfiguring the settings for a new set of batteries, we lost the display for % of capacity remaining that showed with the t function. The

Seals worked fine. As far as I know these are standard seals, just need to get the size right. As I recall they are not quite simple O-rings, but have a shape/lip that enhances their oil sealing capab

Eric et al, I am in the process of servicing/regreasing our outhaul gear box after 3 years since the last service (by taking it apart) and, to my relief, I found the gears and grease in good condition