Lewmar 40st wavegrip winch

[alcodiesel]

Hello all, the jaws on these antique winches are so worn they will not hold the line consistantly anymore. A simple replacement set of jaws seems to not exist anywhere. Any suggestions?

Thank you,
Bill McLean (pretty antique myself)

 

[Waayout]

I've found Ebay to be a good source for that type of thing. I've wavegrips on the Independence total overkill but sure makes for smooth tailing!

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[Slick470]

Send these guys an email to see if they are still have stock in what you need. They've talked about closing up shop but the website is still active. https://winchspares.com/

 

[Christian Williams]

For Barients, there's a possible fix. Don;t know if it applies to lewmars.

 

[alcodiesel]

Thank you fellas. I contacted winchspares, as Andy suggested.

The guy takes new Lewmar jaws and machines them to fit the old wave grips. He responded to my enquiry (ok, ok, Brit term-the guy is out of Chichester UK) quickly and the pair I ordered arrived in the US yesterday.

 

[Slick470]

Nice. I'm glad to hear they are still in business.

I love working with smaller shops like theirs that meets a specific need and keeps older gear working. They had the parts I needed to repair an ST30 that had some issues a few years back.