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newshound writes
On 26/06/2018 18:22, Jim K wrote:
Bill Wrote in message:

In today's heat, I've just had to give up trying to pull this boat out
of the front hedge using a rope tied to a tree and the Rolson 4-ton
puller.

Basically, I couldn't get the cable to unwind to a starting length. I've
used it once before and think you have to flip a small spring across to
release the ratchet and then either take off another small brake or pull
the main lever across to do the same thing. All this seems to work OK,
but the cable won't move.

I wonder if anyone here can suggest anything before I take it to bits
and lose all the pin****its?

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On my equally cheapo puller there is a spring loaded "pawl"
underneath that you have to depress & keep depressed whilst
unreeling the cable.
Also the cable can get pretty wedged on from the last time it's
used before storing, so I've had to attach it to something
solid & after doing all the release manoeuvres, heave back on it
to get things moving..


Just what I was going to say. They are pretty crude. I have had mine
apart in the past (probably wedged cable but can't recall for the
moment). They are not too bad for ping****its, you might want a second
pair of hands for reassembling. Wear suitable gloves, they can bite.

It was well and truly jammed, so I started to dismantle. What I referred
to in the original post as the brake was, of course, the pawl, and the
spring of this is what has now pinged before I noticed which way round
it sat or what the ends rested on. No parts were lost, though.

I've reassembled without the pawl for the night while I try to work out
how and which way to put the spring in under the tension it needs. I'm
not really sure how to hold a spring in a slightly wound up state while
feeding it over the spacer rod in the rather enclosed space.
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Bill