Warn Winch 8274 Brake Assembly Teardown and Mods 

Damn never thought of that magnets idea! I'm being struggling on putting those bearings in place while installing that last part without using grease! Thank you so much sir! Thumbs up for you!!

Great video, thanks! I’m disassembling my 8274 now and about to take apart the brake so seeing your video was perfect timing. I ordered the Albright solenoid unit too. Hopefully it’ll show up soon. Thanks again for documenting this.

Thanks for a look inside the brake on tge warn 8274. I was able to open mine up and discovered it was in excellent shape. Now I have confidence it will not fail me when my cj5 needs it.

That brake retainer is perfect!

Nice job and great explanations, thank you!

Beautiful rounded washer there you made, top notch work. Boy that was sure brave of you drilling and tapping a hardened shaft, now I know to get carbide bits for such a job!

That washer you made !!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

VERY good video! Well done. Wish everyone would go I to so much detail!

well, what a treat to find that its never used! doesn't get better on a decades old winch!

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing the knowledge

Very nice job! Your a patient & talented dude

Excellent detail.

i like the cap. think ill do one for my 8274.

I enjoyed the video. I am currently in the process of rebuilding a 1982 M8274 only nothing on it came apart as easily as yours! It was totally seized with rust and took weeks of soaking get it disassembled! Your use of the rare earth magnets seemed to make the assembly process of the brake straight forward, and I will definitely try that out! I look forward to seeing a video on the Albright contactor setup.

Great video, i am envious of your skills.

Glad to see 'Made in Japan's, these days.

Was the bronze bushing more of a slip fit? It looks like it from your video, but my new bushing won't go in without hammering on it, and I don't think that is correct. Going to try and sand a little off the outer diameter or sand a little of the housing bore.

I have rebuilt and still rebuild these winches.... I have NEVER seen or heard of a snap ring coming off of these brakes!!! Maybe it has!!! But never heard of it!! They are hard as hell to get off anyway!!!!🤣

FYI... also Vaseline or bearing grease helps hold the balls in place during the assembly!!👍👍

Can't figure this out. Free spool gear disengaged. I can turn the brake drum assembly and rotate the drum by hand. As soon as I put the top cover on I cannot rotate the drum assembly and drum by hand. Free spool is disengaged and the gear in the top cover spins freely. What is locking up.? Please help.

18:00 - сборка с помощью магнитов 👍

I have the same winch and it will be interesting to see how yours performs. Have you done an update? Also, what is the found sphere-like half ball you place on the end? A cap of sorts to protect the shaft? Mine was very, very hard to remove.

What’s the chance you have that spacer laying around? Or could you replicate/duplicate it? It’d be worth a few bucks to me for sure. TIA

Here he is again. Yet another video that seems like it would have really good information but you cannot watch it for the fact that you can not hear it