After removing the gipsy from the anchor windlass I had put it on one side but further investigation showed that the clutch cone was jammed into the gipsy and had not been moved even when I removed the gipsy with wedges the clutch being a press fit on the shaft. After tapping all round the back of the cone it came out quite easily now the cone is made of tufnol or similar but it seems to have an attraction for rust which was stuck to it. Also I discovered that the clutch cone is pinned to the shaft with a roll pin which had sheared off, one reason may have been that the pin had not been driven right through the shaft which meant that only half of it was driving which may have contributed to it shearing off. The roll pins are quarter inch by two inches long which I sourced from Amazon they arrived today so that will be the weekends homework putting it all back together. I feel a bit guilty about using Amazon especially after their antics over tax in this country however if you go in to the Amazon site via the RNLI site they get a donation reduces the guilt feeling a bit although the donation from the purchase of a packet of roll pins would be fairly insignificant.
Sheared roll pin
Gipsy and clutch cone
The rest of the week has been spent mostly sanding and varnishing locker lids gradually working through them takes a bit of time to get three coats of varnish on both sides of each one.
The yard crane is booked for Monday next week to lift the engine in so there will be another post once that has been done.
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