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I have a warn M8000 on my truck and have had for the last 3 years.. It
works very well (when it works) when ever I have used it, it has always
gotten the job done.
But! It breaks down "all the time" last year I had to pull the whole
ting apart, because the "free-spooling" clutch was stuck.
And now it is just STUCK all together (I hear the relays clicking, but
nothing happens) So now I have pulled it off the truck again to do a
complete rebuild ..
Last time I took it apart I found that the seal around the
free-spooling-clutch-handle was not stopping water from getting inside,
and that made the whole thing rust on the inside. I tried to fix the
seal but I think it is the same problem now but instead of the clutch I
think it is the gears them selves that are stuck or perhaps the
cable-drum-bearings.
The winch itself sits inside an ARB bullbar so it sits in relatively
safety from spray from the road.. but surely it gets its part of the
weather and stuff.. and when off-roading it gets allot of sand, dirt and
mutt.
But as I said before I think it is the water that get it. (and well in
the winter time they throw so much salt on the roads here in Denmark
that my whole truck is white! .. that doesn't help one bit!)
Just wanted to hear if any of you out there have any ideas on how to
make my which go' a bit longer than a year between rebuilds or am I
the only one with this problem?
--
Michael Thorsager, Denmark, http://gallery.vx80.dk
1997 VX80, 2.5" OME (and some other stuff)
works very well (when it works) when ever I have used it, it has always
gotten the job done.
But! It breaks down "all the time" last year I had to pull the whole
ting apart, because the "free-spooling" clutch was stuck.
And now it is just STUCK all together (I hear the relays clicking, but
nothing happens) So now I have pulled it off the truck again to do a
complete rebuild ..
Last time I took it apart I found that the seal around the
free-spooling-clutch-handle was not stopping water from getting inside,
and that made the whole thing rust on the inside. I tried to fix the
seal but I think it is the same problem now but instead of the clutch I
think it is the gears them selves that are stuck or perhaps the
cable-drum-bearings.
The winch itself sits inside an ARB bullbar so it sits in relatively
safety from spray from the road.. but surely it gets its part of the
weather and stuff.. and when off-roading it gets allot of sand, dirt and
mutt.
But as I said before I think it is the water that get it. (and well in
the winter time they throw so much salt on the roads here in Denmark
that my whole truck is white! .. that doesn't help one bit!)
Just wanted to hear if any of you out there have any ideas on how to
make my which go' a bit longer than a year between rebuilds or am I
the only one with this problem?
--
Michael Thorsager, Denmark, http://gallery.vx80.dk
1997 VX80, 2.5" OME (and some other stuff)