CAUTIONBefore carrying out any maintenance operation on the anchor winch cut out electric power connected with it and remove with care the chain from the wildcat.
| Component | Maintenance | Notes and precautions |
| Reduction motor | Check and cleaning (before each navigation) | When you weigh the chain, after an anchor mooring in a muddy or weedy sea bottom, we advise you to wash the chain using the proper system. The outer part of the winch requires frequent washes with fresh water because very much exposed to sea salt during navigation specially with choppy sea. |
Reduction motor:
CAUTIONBefore carrying out any maintenance operation on the anchor winch cut out electric power connected with it and remove with care the chain from the wildcat.
Remove the layer of salt, which builds up on the anchor winch outer surfaces as soon as possible, to avoid dangerous corrosion, which could jeopardize its integrity. Wash with fresh water and clean the surfaces, particularly those hidden and hardly reachable and into which the salt remains trapped. At least once every two months disassemble the exposed parts, clean and check all pieces so that they do not show signs of corrosion and grease the thread of the shaft with sea grease. In case of anchor winch long inactivity, we advice you to have the motor run idle for a couple of minutes in both directions. If the electric motor turns with problems we advice you to clean or replace the brushes. We strongly recommend to separate the anchor winch from the main deck at least twice a year to remove the salt deposits building up under the base.
If oil is drawn from the body, due to deterioration of the seals, it is necessary to disassemble the gear box to replace the seals.
A complete kit of spares parts is available for this purpose.
Check and top up
Top up the gear body with oil through the level check and filling cap (1).
Check periodically the condition of the electric motor terminals and of the gear motor, removing possible drifts and spreading the terminals with grease.
