Winch Repairs

Depends what's wrong with it & how much work you do. If they have to remove the bull bar & disconnect the winch before pulling it apart there will be another 2 hours labour to add to any parts needed. Often it's a simply clean, grease & possibly some new seals which won't cost much but eaqually there could be rusted parts or seized solinoids to replace.
Best maintenance for a winch is to opperate them every month whether you need it or not.
Cheers Craig.............

Where do you go to get a winch repaired/rebuilt?

Our 9000 was fully cleaned and services with some new part for around $400. It was done in Hume ACT.

Where are you?

Phil

Is it a highmount ?

Hi Dave,

I have read on various forums that Mal Leslie is the man when it comes to repairing & modifying Warn Winches. He is located in Melbourne.

Mal Leslie and Sons
03 9459 2859
19 Mologa rd
Heidelberg

MySwag forum posting

Hope this helps,

Scott

I had a Superwinch X9 serviced By a Hoist and Winch Workshop in Bayswater WA. When pulling it out of a recently purchase Cruiser if fell out in bits! Cost $120 which included two new spacers for the drum. I would recomend that you try a Crane and winch mob over a 4WD shop thus missing out on the premium we all seem to pay for our chosen past time.

Cheers Craig

Dave, give Ateco in Sydney a ring they are the dealers for warn, they upgraded mine a couple of years ago, fantastic service.

Depends where you are in NSW, but most decent 4wd shops would do it for you without a drama. There is no major science some some simple principles.
When you say it has seized up does it just not operate or you can't turn the drum with the clutch disengaged?

DAN

Surprise Surprise lol

Mate if you have a manual there easy to do yourself or download the manual from Warn,I'm not a mechanics A#@$hole but did mine...Warn 9.5XP after just 2 months (seized)


Remove all battery connections first and isolate ends with electrical tape for short out or just remove @ battery.

Just make sure the sleeve in the gearing goes back in the right way (straight end or champher)..The gearing is all together so you wont get ball bearings etc dropping all over the joint if your not sure what will happen..

Secondly they are a bad design allowing water into the electrics...I blocked both the holes and sprayed mine with lanolin (was told this by Warn repairer but ARB said warranty would be void if i did this,Its a crap Warranty anyway and is void soon as you go through rivers and ARB'S out to help -Go figure),it wont (lanolin) affect the electrics...Then re-seal.
I also sealed the motor end cap to water will not penetrate.
Its quite possibe its the brushes seized at the motor end,if your doing it yourself you'll see as soon as you take motor end cap off..There easy to free up the WD40...etc

I did not touch the clutch in the drum because if its assembled back wrong can be bad and the winch let go while using it (there was no need to touch it in my case)

Ive made mine so NO water gets into the electrics.It may need a breather for moisture next time i pull it down but doubt it...

Make sure you buy the right grease for gearing it does matter.

If you cant be fagged i'd recommend these guys too.

Mal Leslie and Sons
03 9459 2859
19 Mologa rd
Heidelberg


Goodluck

Oh if the cost is to much to replace parts I'd recommend Tigerz winch with 3 year warranty not 1 year...

if you want abit of an idea of what's inside a winch and what's involved with stripping it down and rebuilding it, then have a look at this thread from another forum. http://forums.overlander.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=68990

Thank's guys for all the info, I'm going to pull it out tomorrow(sorry I think it will be today now LOL) and check it out. ARB in Port Maquarie can reco it, But I was wondering about price compared to some of the now cheaper winches like Tiger or Iron Man.
Cheers Dave..