Gearmatic brake plunger

madmari · May 18, 2016, 06:11:39 AM

My problematic 9 sat idle for two days and decided to get retribution for me leaving without a goodnight kiss.

The brake plunger rod that goes between the brake cylinder and the spring broke at the spring end. It is a steel rod with an aluminum yoke that goes around the brake release pin. Anyone have an easy fix for this? Or where to get a new one? I suppose I could make one, but was hoping for an easy fix.

Spartan · May 18, 2016, 07:10:31 AM

http://forestryparts.com/gearmaticwinchparts.aspx

These guys have winch parts.
Don't know how to call them though.
Cant find a phone number
frustrating, I need a pinion seal and I think they have one but can't contact to see if it's the right one.

Plankton · May 18, 2016, 09:10:09 AM

Part no b19019 lever block or a9515 pushrod? Pushrod could be fabbed up easily enough. My old lever block snapped in half where it goes over the pin I zip tied it together/onto the pin and that held fine until I got a new one in there.

I got the lever block and pushrod from forestryparts.com

The whole for the pin in the new peice was larger then the hole in the anchor pin so I had to drill out the anchor pin to fit.

madmari · May 18, 2016, 04:38:38 PM

Yes, it is the lever block that broke and it broke where the primary brake lever passes through, at the pin. What did you ziptie it to? I have the pushrod and half of the lever block in one piece that sits on the brake lever, but it won't stay put.
I tried JB weld epoxy to get me by, but that let go as expected.

Plankton · May 18, 2016, 07:53:43 PM

Mine broke cleanly in half making the hole two semi circles, I just wrapped zip ties around the break and pin going under and over the pin alternating. I used probably 10 or more zip ties it kept good for a few weeks no trouble.

I don't know if that makes any sense hard to describe but I'd you were looking straight on it looked like an x. I have a photo on my computer but that crashed a while ago.