Warn Winch Parts
Submitted: Wednesday, Oct 29, 2003 at 21:21
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Phil
Hi
For the sake of a screw a car was lost ?
Not quite, but I recently purchased a new Warn XD 9000 winch and when using for the first time to tension the cable, as recommended in the brochures, I inadvertently wound out the cable beyond the 6 (?) turns that are recommended to be left on the drum. As a result the small screw that retains the cable on the drum sprung out under the cable tension ( no I wasn't recovering just walking the cable out) and I had no hope of finding the little bugger in the rough ground. Hence a brand new winch, with a new cable, but unfortunately not connected to each other, and therefore useless. All my fault for not paying enough attention to the instructions, but thankfully happening in a practice situation.
It occured to me that in the hurley burley of an actual recovery a similar thing could happen to others ( or at least those with my diminished level of capability) and that an expensive piece of kit could be rendered useless, with potentially disasterous consequences for the vehicle and its DH driver. All for the sake of a 30cent screw!
No reflection on Warn nor ARB who happily replaced the screw and rewound the cable free of charge. I forgot to ask for a description of the screw so I can get another, anyone stupid enough to do this once probably has the capability to do it again, and why take the chance for 30 cents.
Can anyone tell me what size / description this small round headed screw is ? I'm sure that it can't be unique to the winch and is probably generally available in packets of 10 for people who shouldn't be allowed to be in charge of a 4WD.
Thanks, any response/assistance which doesn't make me feel more stupid would be appreciated.