Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

...continued from my introduction thread...

I have successfully disassembled the gearbox, without much carnage! Ha!
In my opinion, all the parts look pretty darn good!
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The pin does not move with the rocker arm.
I can get it to move in about 1/16".... but that's it.
I figured it would need almost every part replaced, but I didn't want to destroy something unavailable.
Is windmill-parts.com good to go?

Yes. The hub rotates. It didn't want to rotate more than 1 or 1-1/2 turns until I removed some "gunk" that was embedded in the large gear teeth. I sprayed everything I could with PB blaster when I brought home. I am having trouble removing the "pin" that goes all the way through the gearbox. It is ...

My name is Joe, I live in East central Nebraska in the Platte river valley.
I bought a Baker WC the other day, pretty sure the gearbox (I hope that's the right term) needs rebuilt. I think the gearbox was partially underwater at some point in its life, as it has worse rust on 1 side, compared to ...