elevatorbernie - 4/3/2010 9:29 PM

That relay looks like alot less work and it would be servicable too, good choice. :)

Arnd - 4/10/2010 5:24 AM

A few years ago the ER1500 was still in the MB-Pricelist as a COMPLETE sparepart. The price for it was over € 4500 ... that's more than twice the price you had to pay in the eighties when you ordered it as a factory option. ;-)

DUTCH - 4/10/2010 1:00 PM



It's actually a whole lot more than twice as much. The G52 Option (Winch) was DM 4.460,-- in 1984 or about US$1,500.--. € 4500 is about US$6,000 at today's rate.

bram_r - 7/4/2010 6:33 PM

Question:
- Does any of the Rotzler users here have a maintenance instruction for the winch?
- How much and what oil should go in each compartment?
Otherwise I'll ask Rotzler for this.

bram_r - 7/31/2010 3:35 PM

I now got the winch completely sandblasted and almost ready for a fresh layer of paint.
Pics will follow.

I was now in the process of ordering some new parts, seals, gaskets and so on from Rotzler.
I noticed on the parts sheets I was missing the 'bremsbolzen', part no. 7 on the exploded view below.
This together with the bolt, nut and small spring that seems to go with it (17, 12, 9).

It looks like this 'bremsbolz' is a sliding contact to the winch drum.
Can someone explain me what's the purpose of this part? It's a rather expensive part, so before I order it, I want to know what's it's purpose.

Thanks for your help.

gr. Bram

DUTCH - 7/4/2010 5:03 PM

Another in higher resolution. I have more photos, if you want them. Just let me know.

bram_r - 7/4/2010 3:33 PM

Today I took the winch apart to have the motor checked out and I thought I could do a little optical restoration in the proces.
Next week I'll take the motor to an expert and hopefully he can do some measuring, to see if all windings are all good.

A modification what I'm planning to do is to make a ground connection point directly in the motor housing itself.
The mounting edges of the motor housing where a little dirty and corroded, so I can imagine it has quite some resistance to the standard ground connection point.
Making a ground connection point directly into the motor housing will prevent this, and with such high currents, every gain is useful.

Question:
- Does any of the Rotzler users here have a maintenance instruction for the winch?
- How much and what oil should go in each compartment?
Otherwise I'll ask Rotzler for this.

Well, some pics of the winch:
1. frame parts of the winch. Will try with a torch to get the dents out of the frame. Then sandblast and have it powdercoated.
2. worm gear cover, text looks more american than german. Seems to me that the winch mechanism indeed is made by Ramsey and Rotzler made the frame and the controls.
3. primary reduction (motor is out).
4. worm gear.
5. winch drum shaft with free spool pins housed in the endcap.
6. winch drum end cap.
7. winch motor, all looked good at first glance. See what the experts have to say!
8. winch motor. The housing is quite thick. As said, I can make a thread in the housing and put in a bolt which holds the ground wire going to the main connector.

DUTCH - 9/12/2010 3:11 PM

The black ball lever only has two positions: Locked so that the motor will turn the drum and Unlocked where the drum can free wheel.

PS - I was through your town a couple of weeks ago on our way up to the Columbia River Gorge.