Windless Issue

[Steve S]

So I was looking at my windless because it sometimes gets stuck. I was thinking about going to all chain as it seems like it hangs up near the transition point.
But looking at it, it looks like the pin holding the finger is bent to the port side slightly. See pictures. How can this be corrected?

 

[Jimmy Buoy]

My 34 Amberjack had the same windlass with the same issue. The only way to permanently solve it is to switch to all chain rode. It's just a bad design that only gets worse as it becomes older and your anchor line gets older and stiffer.