building a winch

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

we just bought this motor today:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=66015

and now we're looking at centrifugal clutches to buy and we are wondering if there's a difference in them at all. otherwise, we'll just buy the cheapest one which is this one:

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200310374_200310374

416 · Backside 180 Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 836 City: Toronto

i dont think so, i got a comet one just to be safe but aslong as it fits i think it should be fine. im not sure thoguh

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

416, have you had any problems with yours or anything?

here's some pictures of what we've done so far....thanks again to Swissarmyknife for giving us your old frame Cool

burn · Posted: May 08, 2009 8:32 pm Post subject:

looking good.

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

we're making a spool from cutting discs, and we need to put a hub on it to connect it to the axle.

what hub should we use? would this be a good choice?

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_35760_35760

also, do people use two hubs or one when connecting the axle to the spool?

thanks Cool

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

oh and will the hub that we have on the axle already work for the sprocket?

robsmaze · Posted: May 09, 2009 10:37 pm Post subject:

i used two hubs on my spools but on my second spool is used two hubs and lined up the keyways before i drilled holes. the first spool i was getting a lot of twist on the side of the spool that wasn't locked into the axle keyway.
some sprokets take different sized hubs, check what you ordered. i ended up using all 5 1/4" hubs and split sprockets, but you can get the sprockets that fit that hub...

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

spoools done-ish

mojo · Posted: May 10, 2009 12:15 pm Post subject:

cool frame. i think those bolts in your fairlead are going to cut through your rope pretty easily. coat them with some gorilla tape or something.

PoopSkater · Posted: May 10, 2009 5:09 pm Post subject:

mojo, we put some metal over them so they kinda roll

Jimmy T · Backside 180 Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 525

Lookin real good guys

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

we should be done soon hopefully...

we have the engine, the sproket, the clutch, and the hub for the spool on the way

all we need to buy after that is the chain which i think tractor supply might have

416 · Backside 180 Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 836 City: Toronto

did you only get one hub? or two, one for each side

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

416, we got two hubs, but one was the wrong size for the spool, so we're sending that back after we get the new one for the spool

and we're using the one we already bought for the sprocket

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

ok so today we got the rest of the parts in....

we put everything together and tried to test it on a skateboard with only about 30 feet of knotted wakeboard rope. i lost control of the throttle and the knots caught and almost totally destroyed our fairlead Mad

then we bought new rope and i tried riding behind it in the water,

and the good news is that i deep water started without any problems, but the bad news is that our spool is totally destroyed Confused

and the chain was barley hanging on about to fall off when we stopped it

looks like we're buying a spool....... and we need to figure out a better fairlead any ideas??

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

the damage:

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Yea those spools will do that. Put metal tubing over some grade 8 bolts thats what I have and works great!

Montgomery · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 976 City: Rogers

wakeboarderx03x · Posted: May 14, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject:

Ya I'd be careful of that whole not stopping the winch in time thing too...
I've seen some dee da dees completely forget to stop it, and as a result:
swollen arms and hands from flying handles.

burn · Posted: May 14, 2009 9:41 pm Post subject:

are those huge grinder wheels? thats crazy if they are.