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Warn winch brake

Submitted: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 09:01

Coot

Could someone tell me how the drum brake works on Warn winches.I have been giving mine a test run on the bench and the drum is getting hot on powering out very quickly.Its possible the brake is dragging because the motor sounds like it is labouring.Seems to be ok on powering in and it free wheels ok on free spool.Maybe its always done this as its an old winch and I have never used it on power out before.Thanks for any suggestions.
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AnswerID: 390090   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 15:09

Member - Barnray (NSW) replied:

My winch is a 9000lb warn and when I pulled it apart to clean and service it found no brake at all, it relies on the gear train to act as a brake and the motor drag without power is sufficient tolock the drive. Barnray
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AnswerID: 390165   Submitted: Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 at 22:56

geocacher (djcache) replied:

For detailed instructions on rebuilding a Warn 900lb winch including the right way of retensioning the brake have a look at the page on the "Other" link on here.

http://4wdstuff.davejones.com.au/subdomain/4wdstuff/

Dave

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