[UK-CONTEST] TOWER AUTOBRAKE WINCH

[Don Beattie]

Slightly OT, but I'm looking for advice.

One of the towers here has the heavy duty autobrake manual winches. One of these has developed a problem in that the friction discs are now almost fully seized up, and it is a heck of a job to wind the tower down.  Can anyone advise on how to free these, short of a full dismantle/replace job ? The winch is only four years old.

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73

Don, G3BJ