I completely destroyed my seized Lofrans Manual Royal. Don’t use your windlass as a samson post, don’t let the vessel ride to it, don’t let salt fill it. I did this.. so now i have a project. Where the main gear/drive passed through the cast housing, as well as where the chain pawl’s gear passed through the cap casting has completely seized. I tried heat, I tried more heat ( propane and ox-acetaylene) I loaded a three jaw puller for one week with penetrating lubricant.  I tried a shop press after many other efforts and cracked the main casting.

I prepped and TIG welded the original casting back together, bored out the housing surfaces. I’ve turned new housings, from aluminum and TIG welded them into the original casting. This was followed by the turning of new UHMW shaft bearings, thrust bearings, and end plates. I’ll try to reference this to my Lofrans manual and part numbers at some point to perhaps give someone else some ideas. If you need to know, contact me.

More assembly shots etc to follow