Warn Winches

what sort of problems are you having some times i have trouble switching from letting line in and then not letting it out lets hope one of theese good people can help

Ian

Had problem with my solenoid pack. Would go out, but not in. Unbolted it myself and it was full of mud, sticks, leaves as it sits under the bullbar. A good spray out with WD40 fixed that. Sent the electric motor off to auto electricians while I was at it, and had it rebushed and cleaned up for about $80. It was full of corrosion from water ingress as well (hadn't pulled it apart since the last mudbash). Called warn and they said don't worry about ordering a gasket kit and just use some aviation form-a-gasket instead (from Repco, etc)

Yep, a bit of a pain as Truckster says putting the gears back together. Mine were full of burnt out grease (actually looks like dried mud). Dipped it in kero to clean it all up, let it dry and reasembled with plent of high temperature grease.

Got a set of intructions from the net for a XD9000, I pretty much followed this:

http://www.jonfund.com/technical/winchteardown.shtml

Cheers,
Wazza
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I had similar problems after a trip last year to The Cape.
testing it recently for a trip over the CSR I could opertate the free lever, and when I tried to wind in the cable it would keep stopping.
I took to TJM at Brookvale who found the grease inside had gone hard, but luckily no other damage. They said you should unwind and rewind the winch at least one per month, and even better weekly as the grease becomes hard and you can also have trouble with the solenoid. Hope this helps. Graeme.