Chinese Winch used for first time

Hi Troll 81

They were on special from Repco about 6 – 8 mths ago.
They are rated at 9000 lbs and were $799 with a 3 year warranty.
I got mine very cheep as Repco had sent me a $100 gift voucher because I gave them a hard time about an in dash DVD player they had advertised without having the stock. (A lot of people on this forum did the same.)
I went in to have a look at the 6500 lb they had for $499 and when they brought it out it was a 9000 lb, so I gave them the voucher + $399 and walked out.
It fitted straight onto my bull bar 7 took about 2 hrs maybe 3 to do all the work.
I did have a fork lift to hold the bar as I worked on the bolts, (did it at work on the Sat when there was on one there) but if you have a few strong mates, it’s an easy job.
Vince

IMHO winches are something you dont want failing on you, so its worth buying something that you know will work.

what did ya break on warn?

Recent failed casing ZR9500. Not nice

Ouch that looks expensive.......MD what was done to the winch to cause that sort of damage?
Was it abused in any way or just heavily loaded?
From the photo it looks like the mounting holes are vertical not forward into a bar. Was it mounted correctly?
Cheers Craig.........

Hi,
To me,and I claim to no expert..it looks as thought the winch was mounted incorectly..the reo of the winch..the thick part of the mount should be facing the line of pull..the way this winch is set up looks like it was set up to shear..I feel there should be more instruction on how to mount a winch properly to aviod this type of thing..I have a chinese jobby and so far so good..most things these days come from the big shop...China..when you consider how crappy japanese stuff was a decade or so ago once they truely get there act together, well were starting to see it now..by the way if it was me I would send pictures to the manufacturer for further product development..feed back might bring them up to speed faster..as this failerore could have been a fatality.
JD

JD although its mounted down into the bar that may not neccessarily be wrong. The winch in a 100 series ARB bar is mounted very similar although it's most important to run the cable underneath the drum not over the top.
Cheers Craig.........

I have no details guys other than there was no injury or vehicle damage.