John Murray
2013-05-10 16:34:53
I'm sure a few out there have had their gurdies stop working and had to figure out how to get the gear back.Could someone chime in on how that's done please.I don't want to ruin the SS shaft if possible with a pipe wrench but that's a solution I guess?The easy way would be to snap your leads off and start the retrieval ,that's expensive.Any other ideas that involve less cussing and frustration?
Kelper
2013-05-10 16:53:53
The boat I bought had a socket welded to the end of the shaft. In the event the hydros stop working, I was told to grab a big ol' socket wrench, and get to cranking. Hopefully I won't have to try it out.
lone eagle
2013-05-10 17:05:31
high quality half inch rachet socket wrench worked for me one time but it took a couple of hours ...i had time on my hands. The set up was a small piece of pipe that fit snugly over the shaft and locked with allen screw; the wild end was shaped square to take a socket. 3/8 wrench couldn't take the pain and fell apart
lone eagle
2013-05-10 17:06:37
That was just one line...probably down 40f.
I built a hand crank for mine. The shaft had a keyway in it. If you take the hydraulic motor off it's not too bad at all.
Carol W
2013-05-11 06:21:32
Hi John
I lost hydros once in Tebenkoff alone as usual on boat so and a messed up pipe wrench, so I tied a troll snap to side stays and took another tied a length of Gangion on it snapped it between beads and then walked forward snapped the stay troll snap on reeled in slack and did it again I got all four wires back. If you have the room a hand crank would be a wonderful thing.
Keep your hand on it
Tom
Back in the 90s I had Mick Dimond the machinist in Sitka (now retired) rebuild my Hasbra gurdies. Without prompting he machined the cockpit end of the shafts on both banks to accept a standard-sized socket for a ratchet wrench. Right now I can't remember what size socket they were set-up for, but I bought a couple of air-impact sockets that matched that size and sprayed them with a garish color of yellow so I could find them if I needed them. Sure enough - I blew the hydraulic-drive PTO on the front of the engine one day out in front of Shelikof and I put them to good use with my biggest ratchet wrench and a lot of swearing. The "longer the handle on the wrench the better" was my first observation for pulling up 60# leads. I don't know if the swearing actually helped any, but it seemed to make me feel better about the situation.
Salty
2013-05-11 17:38:39
Hand cranking your power troll lines in after blowing hydraulics is a rite of passage for almost all of us power trolling.
What is impressive is the guy who continues to fish the day out (illegally) and then goes and fixes the hydraulics.
I had a partner who blew a gurdy motor and didn't have the right spare in a bite. He ran four lines off the one gurdy motor for the rest of the day until I brought him a spare that I had.
Most of us have had to jerry rig both gurdies and hydraulics to keep things going in a bite. Fixed a kolstrand gurdie with marine tex and wire one time in a bite on opening day at Shelikov. Lasted weeks until the correct part came in.
I did come in one time when I blew a stainless pin in an Easthope and didn't have the right tools to fix it. 25 years and only one lost morning with those gurdies. I had the right tools the next time it happened.