Please ignore this request. The winches are not the same. The
troublesome one is a 1550.
Joe Giacobello wrote:
> About a year ago, I changed the original tilt winch on my LM-470 from
> the original Fulton 1550 to the heavier duty Fulton 2550. In making
> the replacement, I essentially duplicated the cable arrangement on the
> original. The cable comes down over the front of the drum in front of
> the spacer bar through the lower pulley and is connected to the front
> leg of the tower. When I turn the handle in the CW direction to raise
> the tower from horizontal to vertical, the drum also turns CW and the
> cable winds onto the drum with the ratchet engaged. It works fine and
> there is no contact of the cable with the drive shaft or the spacer bar.
>
> I recently acquired another 470 but it was manufactured by a different
> manufacturer. It also came with a 2550 tilt winch, but the gears on
> this winch are arranged differently and when the handle is turned CW,
> the drum turns CCW with the ratchet engaged. The cable on this winch
> is wound on the drum so that it goes down over the back of the drum.
> Consequently when raising the tower , the cable winds onto the drum
> from the back of the drum in a CCW rotation with the ratchet engaged.
> The problem is that the cable rubs against the drive shaft.
>
> I would like to orient the cable in the same way as the first tower to
> avoid the contact with the shaft. The Fulton instructions strongly
> advise that the ratchet must be engaged when pulling or raising the
> load. It looks like if I remove and reverse the orientation of the
> ratchet tooth relative to the gear, I can have the ratchet engage when
> the drum turns CW, but I'm not sure.
>
> I'd appreciate any advice on this problem.
>
>
> 73, Joe
> K2XX
>
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