HOW TO REPAIR A WINCH - PART 3 (OF 3) 

Hands-down one of the best how-to videos I've seen anywhere. Covered all the parts and pieces, even when I thought we were done important details were brought up. Thanks from Alaska

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I have a traveller that has a motor problem, I'm not afraid to try and fix it now. I am an airplane mechanic and I can see you are a good mechanic. Thanks again.

Really enjoyed watching all three excellent videos in this series. I expect to watch them a few more times as I tackle an overhaul on my still-running, but noisy and corroded twenty-year old Warn M12000. I am optimistic I can get it apart and back together thanks to your detailed explanation and tips. THANK YOU!

Tried to use my warn today and all it does is click. Right when I get the time I'll be pulling it apart to see if it's salvageable thanks to your repair videos. Thanks mate

Outstanding Video. I feel confident I could repair one now after watching this. Thanks from Scappoose, Oregon.

Well made tutorial. I feel confident I could test and R&R my winch. Thank you for taking the time to make the video.

Six years as an aircraft mechanic, twenty years doing less reputable things (note the suit and tie in the picture), and I have not seen a better video. I feel confident that I can take down my 31137 Warn winch.

Many thanks, I watched the three parts of video without skipping any second.. Thank you from Oman

You seriously are the best . Checked your video to repair an Ifor Williams trailer with an electric winch that I Have never been used from new (13 years ).this is the 1st U Tube footage I have watched that I have ever commented on . I was compelled to do so & may God bless you for your attention to detail.

And now i feel VERY confident to tackle this job! awesome!!!

Best winch video on the net. Thanks from Australia

This is an excellent 3 part video. Thank you

I have exactly the same problem so this will sort me out great. Really good video. Thanks very much.

Excellent tutorial. My winch is brand new but when it comes time to clean and inspect I will know what to do. First one I have watched and no need to watch any other ones. Thanks for posting this.

Absolutely brilliant. I fitted a winch on a mates car today and got the old one as payment. I'm confident I can get it working now. This is the best 'how to' video I've ever seen. There again.

One of the best tutorial video I’ve seen...thank you sir!!

Great series!!! Thank you very much!!

Very nice presentation my friend! I watch all 3 parts! I have one tabor 10k on my car and facing similar issues, I will go through your videos to check what is going on.

Great series...Am about to rebuild a Warn M8000, and not only learned heaps from your tutorials about how to do it, but learned even more about what I didn't know that I had to know! Greets from SW Oz!

Thank you for this awesome video. The best instruction with the reasoning behind it, especially not greasing the clutch sleeve. Just got a '97 TJ with on old winch on it, can't tell the make as all the labels were faded or missing. did see WINCH 8500 on the motor. Looks very similar to a HCWINCH. Think they make for various relabels . Haven't tried it yet, still 20 below F every night, not much warmer in the days. If I have a problem with it I'm sure your advice will help. really appreciate your non condescending style. Not sure where you are in the world but stay safe. Greetings from Colorado.

Awsome! Great video series! Thank you from Calgary, Alberta, Canada!

Thank you so much for this excellent video series on winch repair!

Truly excellent vid. Many thanks.

Really good explanation, and easy to understand ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Nicely done. Thank you for taking the time to video this.

Great videos mate. Very clear and informative... a great help to a novice like me, who has now repaired his winch. :)

Spectacular and helpful video. Thanks for taking the time.

Thank you! Excellent and very informative videos (watched all three parts). This weekend my winch refused to work, but now I am pretty confident I know how to tackle the problem.

Best video on this task. Just refurbishing a Warn XD9000 and your video has filled in a lot of gaps in the job, plus many useful extra pointers throughout. Great stuff! Thanks Fraser.

Brilliant videos, thank you very much. I have a warn winch given to me so I now know how to strip and repair, thank you again.

And great catch on the falling socket! With reflexes like that it’s just as well you’re fixing winches and not fielding at first slip for England- otherwise we Aussies might lose even more Ashes Series!

Very good tutorial. Exceptionally well done. You have just saved me a lot of money. Thank you very much.

Excellent videos on this, could not have been any better in my opinion, such great detail on every aspect. I found these videos while researching a free Warn M4500 I picked up, which has a stuck gearbox (the free spool lever won't change like the one shown here, haven't tested the motor yet, but it looks good inside), so going to tear into it further, looks basically the same, so this helps tremendously. I've never worked on a winch, so this shows everything before I even opened it, fantastic. Thanks to all involved in making / uploading these vids!

Awesome videos. I just picked up a cheap used winch and this tutorial will come in handy. Cheers from across the pond.

Fantastic well thought out video. Thank you.

Great video. Excellent detail. Thank you very much

absolutely the best, well detailed for us inexperienced,covered all that us green horns wouldn't have known, excellent keep up the great work ,muchly appreciated. THANKS

Wish I would have watched this before having to figure it all out myself 4 hours ago. I will go back and do a couple things differently before I mount the winch back up on my bumper. THANKS for posting.

Excellent tutorial!

Fantastic video. These are my favorite winches, slow but last forever. Like you said, the key to making them last is use them every few months.

Excellent teacher !

Excellent, just the information I needed, thanks.

Thank you very much for your excellent teaching! Regards from Brazil.

An excellent series. I have now found where to buy the bits (Devon4x4) and rebuilt my winch

I was doing my winch and was like oh shit were does that go. Then I found this video and you saved me heaps mate. Cheers

Nice video mate, keep up the good work, very useful and much appreciated

Super videos 1-3, I need to do this on my own winch and have been watching all I can about how to do this. I got more from your videos than from all I have watched from others so far. This helped me greatly. I will be starting to disassemble mine within a few days. Thank you so much for the lengths you took to explain this so well.

Excellent video, one by one detail, and the exactly winch I have :) thanks!!

Excellent tutorial.

Thank you! That was a great help.

Well done! Such a great series of videos. I might just tackle my winch!

Amazing video!! Thanks a lot!!

that was most satisfying to watch.

thank you for doing this video

Thank you. Great video

Great videos. Thanks

So good explained... thank you

You are amazing. Greetings from Bosnia.

Great video, I like to heat aluminum cases for easy bearing changes, I also pack the new bearings for longer life.

Well done. Thank you

Perfect! Helps me much! I would recommend both washers to el. connections.

Thanks for your information brother.

Thanks so much for these videos! I was able to fix my winch and save some money.

Great job, thank you

Great job buddy 👌🏾 And awesome explanation 👍🏾 Help US a lot 🙏🏾

Spot on!

You absolute legend sir!

Top stuff mate 👍

the best take down how to on you tube , 1st place" this yank thanks you ,

Jolly good show m8 lol. Seriously though that was a great tutorial.

Great videos, thanks. I will service my new (just bought, very old) ramsey proplus 9000.

Fantastic, like being at school.

Yesterday a friend gave to me an old winch.... today it works!

Awesome

Thanks mate 👍

thanks a lot ...from Mexico.... Great...¡

Best detailed video I've found. My free spin is def stuck. No visible corrosion just super stuck. Big question is why the end of the bottom of the shaft of the single small gear at the bottom is jagged but no reason found. No marks inside the small bushing. Any ideas what would cause this? The teeth of all the gears are fine and everything but free spin works.

I rotated my free spool around too the spot i could as it hits my bull bar and cant be used i noticed you put alot of emphasis on marking its spot could there be any detrimental impacts on doing so cheers awsome video thanks

Hello. It was a useful video, thank you. So how many watts is the 12vDC motor on it? and how many rpm?

Good catch at 3:52!

Excellent tutorial. The only thing I didn’t get was that the winch had taken in water but you never replaced any gaskets or seals. I thought these things were supposed to be pretty much water tight.

Hi there Such an informative video. I have the exact same winch works for 10/15 seconds and then starts to click and then works after another 30 odd seconds. I’m not too good with dismantling things although you show each step clearly. I’m wondering if you could do the same to my winch? Thanks

mint cheers

Thanks in a large part to this single 3 episode tutorial I have successfully dismantled and cleaned my 9.5 Champion winch motor which got drowned in my boathouse during a storm. Thanks very much. My only issue is that tapping alone won't budge my stuck brake mechanism and the needle nose won't compress the little arms - any suggestions ? Never mind - a socket and extension and heavy hammer and it came out. Some cleaning needed but all's well.

If the drum will not free spin, how do you get the cable off to work on it

where is the best place to get the gaskets

It’s a shame that this link doesn’t seem to work? I’ve watched the previous ones and enjoyed them 😢

PS: Just one remark: to my best knowledge it has a series motor (no magnets). Thank you again!

Hey thanks for the great series! I just serviced my old Aisin Factory Toyota winch and now that it’s back together I am leaking some ATF fluid from one, or both sides of the drum. Is it normal that the drum has a bit horizontal movement? Maybe I just need to source new orings and the movement is normal. This Aisin is also pretty different the the one you use in the video so maybe it’s rather unique.

Is this a Parralel wouned motor?

Great detail, cheers! I just today went into one of these blind, got it all cleaned up, and you spared me some grief when it will come to reassembling. A couple of questions: 1 - If no grease or lube that might get sticky is permissible around the 'clutch gear,' what about the stuff us yanks call paraffin wax (not sure what the commonwealth term is - something like cake/candle wax)? I am about certain mine will seize again with NO lube. 2 - Within their housings, the planetary gears bear on short steel shafts, it appears, with minimal clearance (no roller or ball-bearings). After a thorough degreasing, it seems there would be a good chance of these ending up dry and perhaps even rusty. With these in mind, I wondered if this was supposed to have been run with a gear-oil, and not a grease at all, but clearly that's not right. So how do those planetary bushings ever get properly lubed? Seems like it would take a miracle to get grease down into those close-fitting things.

I'm curious what this job would have cost in your shop? Winches aren't cheap but neither is skilled labor. I wonder how many people replace winches because they've seized from lack of maintenance.

And the boot goes on, and the boot goes on

Shame that once you had it down to brass tacks you didn't take the time to clean and repaint the drum and one end plate especially not cleaning it before replacing the bearing

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