Warn 10,000lb low-mount trouble
Submitted: Monday, Jul 26, 2004 at 18:39
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Muzza
G'day all, have just been wandering through the archives on winch troubles and can sort of see the direction I will be heading with my winch. (teardown!)
The story goes that I spooled the cable out onto a tree blocking the path, locked the winch up and then reversed the ute to pull it off the road. So far so good. When I plugged in to wind the cable back up it seemed to be working really hard, but after stopping and rocking the drum, it moved freely. I had to get all the cable back on the drum and by the time I had done this, the winch was just about stalled and sounded like it was working as hard as it could.(Cable still slack)
The winch is not used very often and has been under water for a short period without a run afterwards but it was a 37 degree day. Apart from that it gets wet from rain, washing and puddles as is the norm.
If anyone has any comments i'd be really grateful.
Cheers,
Muzza