I refurbished my EZ way tower with a new beam, rotor, paint job and winch.
Everything is electrically and mechanically fine except the winch.
It has no click to resist the tower coming down. It appears the brake is not
being engaged.
Either that or the youngster I had helping me oiled the brake along with the
other gears
I asked him to oil. Suspect it's the lack of brake engagement. I removed the
outer and first
inner handle shaft nuts to reposition the handle. These have been returned to
their original positions.
Also tried to remove the inner most nut but no movement The questions I have
are:
1.Why there is no clicking to preventing the raised tower from lowering
itself?
The ratchet gear clicks when I manually turn it. How do I correct it?
2. How does one differ winding the tower up from lowering it? The old EZ
way winch was pushed
in to wind it down avoiding the resistive teeth. The current Fulton 1550 brake
winch is being wound
counter clock wise to lift the tower. The tower rises smoothly and
lowers smoothly without a block of wood.
This is my first brake winch.
3. How does one remove/get to the Fulton 1550 brake mechanism? The inner most
nut/hexagonal
surface doesn't rotate with a wrench. Fulton has a brake kit. Instruction on
how to get to the brake assembly
would be helpful.
Thanks for your help,
John, K2SFS caraj@cox.net
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