Winches

[blkTJ]

If it makes you feel any better, I bent my driver side rear shaft.

I think we've got a club in the making.

[NAILER341]

bentshaft club?
you friggin perv :yay:

[nagal]

Back on the subject of winches

I am going Warn (not sure which model ). I just found out from SuperWinch they only have a 1 year warranty. I have a hard time buying a product like this that the manufacturer does not feel confident enough to offer a lifetime warranty of some kind.

As far as used, no. I have horrible luck with used equipment.

[sarah]

What broke Sarah? Has Rick done any failure analysis on it yet? I curious to know what went wrong.

[ tech talk ] The little thing that holds the cable on broke off. [ /tech talk ]

It's a good thing we made it up first while it was working. (On the same trail he also broke his front axle.) Basically, it's a piece of junk like he expected, but the whole intention of it was to be recovery only. As the Jeep grows up, it's been used more often. Time to upgrade, going to eventually go with the Warn.

[goodtimes]

Little thing that holds the cable on? As in, the clip that holds the "winch end" of the cable to the drum? If so, that should never have any stress on it, as they are never designed to hold weight, just to hold the cable to the drum. Always keep 6 or 7 wraps of cable on the drum to keep that piece from breaking off. Of course, if you are talking about something different, then forget I mentioned it.

[sarah]

Little thing that holds the cable on? As in, the clip that holds the "winch end" of the cable to the drum? If so, that should never have any stress on it, as they are never designed to hold weight, just to hold the cable to the drum. Always keep 6 or 7 wraps of cable on the drum to keep that piece from breaking off. Of course, if you are talking about something different, then forget I mentioned it.

Yes. And I believe you are correct, it shouldn't have any stress on it, and even with a handful of wraps on it, it still wouldn't hold. It's like the drum is to slippery.

[goodtimes]

Interesting Sarah. How many wraps did Rick have on the winch when it broke? FWIW, I have a large red paint mark on my cable that is about 10 wraps from the end, makes a nice visual reminder. I guess I am going to have to stretch the cable out on mine and try a good hard pull right at the mark to see if the cable slips on the drum or not.

[NAILER341]

the cable deffinately should be stretched a number of times befor you use it on a real pull. i re stretch, and align my cable/rope after every run that i use my winch on.
i go back to the grocery store and drag my jeep to one of those yellow posts.
it is critically important to have the cable properly stretched. those HF cables are a really big diameter too...

[Old Fart]

So that was YOU in the Pavillions lot on South

[NAILER341]

HA! yes it was
you cought me
i live right behind there on canehill.

[Old Fart]

I'm there often - GF lives just west of Rosecrans off South

[nagal]

I have settled on which winch to get. Warn XD9000i.

Anyone have or heard of any problems with this one?

Thanks

[Jerry Bransford]

I have settled on which winch to get. Warn XD9000i.

Anyone have or heard of any problems with this one?

Thanks

That's a very good winch, it'll give you many years of solid performance. :thumbs_up