Brawn winch hiccup
Submitted: Thursday, Jul 31, 2003 at 20:41
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Member - Willem
Had to use my Brawn 9500lb winch a couple of days ago. When I went to spool the cable out to wind it back on in a more orderly fashion, the clutch would not disengage for free spooling. It worked when operated with the switch.
So I got on the blower and rang Brawn in
Melbourne. The voice on the other side told me that that it probably was a vacuum lock due to the grease moving around inside( or something like that ) and that the winch was propably not used for a while( he was right, there ).
He advised me to wind the winch in and out for one revolution of the drum a number of times whilst trying to disengage the clutch with my other hand. It worked and the clutch is freespooling again.
So, there is a solution to everything.
Cheers, Willem
Never a dull moment
Reply By: Member - Joshua- Thursday, Jul 31, 2003 at 21:11
Thursday, Jul 31, 2003 at 21:11
Gday Willem, I had a similar problem with a warn winch.
I bought a 2001 Patrol about 6 weeks ago and was playing around with the winch for the first time a couple of weeks ago... The clutch wouldnt go onto free spool, so I had to do it with the remote control, the same as you did...
Once i had it out, i tried forcing the lever down onto free spool, and with a bit of effort it went. Now it moves backwards and forwards with no problems at all... Just needed to be moved I guess... Its all working fine now...
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Regards,
Josh
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