pic: 48 Kicker Winch

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by bmusser

We had to go with a bigger cylinder and also go with a lever design to get mechanical advantage to disengage. There is too much force required to disengage with mounting the cylinder straight in line with the shaft.

Another viable solution is to reduce the diameter of your pulley. The smaller the pulley the lower the torque on your shaft, and thus a lower force to overcome when disengaging the dog. Our pulley is 1/2" diameter, aka its just the super shifter output shaft.