Appendix A - Freespool; Description - Allied Systems W8L Operating Manual

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Some W8L power controlled winches of very early

production were equipped with an optional FREESPOOL

function. The winch has an intermediate gear assembly

that provides a gear reduction and increases the available

torque at the winch drum. A sliding sleeve with splines

engages the drum pinion gear and the intermediate gear.

The operator can disengage the sliding sleeve with a

control lever for the FREESPOOL operation when there

Appendix A - FREESPOOL

FREESPOOL

is no load on the wire rope. When the control lever is in

the FREESPOOL position, the sliding sleeve disengages

the drum pinion gear from the intermediate gear. The gear

train is disengaged from the clutch and the brake shaft so

that the wire rope can be pulled from the drum by hand.

Only the drum and drum pinion gear rotate when the

wire rope is pulled from the drum during a FREESPOOL

operation.

Figure 23 - FREESPOOL

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