Gearmatic 8a Winch
- Davie Sprocket
- 430 crawler
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- Joined: Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:37 am
- Location: Leduc Alberta, Canada
Gearmatic 8a Winch
Does anyone have any good pictures of the inside of an operational winch or even better a manual or parts list. I'm going to try and restore the winch on the 420 crawler i got last month. I know i'll be making parts as some are completed pooched.
Dave
Dave
- Davie Sprocket
- 430 crawler
- Posts: 71
- Joined: Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:37 am
- Location: Leduc Alberta, Canada
- Davie Sprocket
- 430 crawler
- Posts: 71
- Joined: Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:37 am
- Location: Leduc Alberta, Canada
- Davie Sprocket
- 430 crawler
- Posts: 71
- Joined: Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:37 am
- Location: Leduc Alberta, Canada
Sent paccar an email and they haven't got back to me, seems alot of people are looking for the manual for the 8a, google had pages of guys trying to find them in one forum or another. I need to pull the winch apart and see whats missing, i'm working on casting a new cover, be aluminum but hopefully it should work. If not i may be able to stitch and lock the broken one back together but thats gonna be a lot of work.
Dave
Dave
I could duplicate that cover in cast iron as I work in a grey iron foundry, but seeing as you are in Canada, the shipping would probably be too much trouble.
Try to find an iron foundry around you that still hand molds parts, if you have the part that they can use as a loose pattern it is not much work to reproduce it.
Try to find an iron foundry around you that still hand molds parts, if you have the part that they can use as a loose pattern it is not much work to reproduce it.
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- 420 crawler
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Brett, if you wanted to pay them for it, they do sometimes make patterns for outside jobs. A single pour would actually be preferable as we are not a high production foundry. There are almost certainly shops much closer to you though, the trick is finding them.
If someone were local to me and had an original part (no pattern work involved), I could reproduce it. They let me make small molds if I want something made.
If someone were local to me and had an original part (no pattern work involved), I could reproduce it. They let me make small molds if I want something made.
- Davie Sprocket
- 430 crawler
- Posts: 71
- Joined: Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:37 am
- Location: Leduc Alberta, Canada
Worst part of up here is the price of gas jumped about 5 years ago and killed all the foundries the only ones left are doing aluminum. All the steel work i know of is out of china. I'll have to work on it in the winter, tried to get some parts off it and they are rusted solid, probly how they broke the cover. Thank for the offer though Ray, if i could i would, damn border piss's me off all the time.
Dave
Dave
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- 420 crawler
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- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:27 am
- Location: Lamoine, Maine
It's a pretty simple thing. I want to replace the turret cross slide on a Logan lathe I have to a t-slot cross slide. So basically a 12"x8"x2.25" block of iron with some rough slots and reliefs in it.
I've looked around some for raw materials to machine, and I should exhaust that avenue before I go the casting route.
Thanks.
I've looked around some for raw materials to machine, and I should exhaust that avenue before I go the casting route.
Thanks.
Ray III wrote:Brett, if you wanted to pay them for it, they do sometimes make patterns for outside jobs. A single pour would actually be preferable as we are not a high production foundry. There are almost certainly shops much closer to you though, the trick is finding them.
If someone were local to me and had an original part (no pattern work involved), I could reproduce it. They let me make small molds if I want something made.
JD 1010c, outside blade, winch
gearmatic 8A parts and manuals
I have a gearmatic 8A on my skidder, though it is not a JD it is vintage, a Garrett Tree Farmer model 15. Don Garrett of Garrett Enumclaw(WA), has furnished me with a manual for my winch, and he has some parts. Very helpful individual when it comes to the old winch. (360)825-2500.Ask for Don.
forgive me for I know not what im doing with this confuzer... IM beond the time in my life to learn this new stuff..so if u can putup with misspeld words ect. I will try to get my point across again...that engine makes me sick any one that keeps the thumb on the spray button that long should have a swift kick where the sun dont shine... stop and think of what you are looking at here!!!!melted ground up twisted and run that way , that poor engine tried to do what was asked of it and it killed itself doing it..rather tha find out why its not starting pump the ole eather in by the can ,, it took more than one can to do that dammage ill bet next months welfare check on that. let er fog and then a sniff is all it takes , some day I will tell you a story of a police car that died a simaler fate.. its good... yes a good starter & battery is vrey important too.. GREG
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