Reply With QuoteA blade? Where's your sense of adventure!
I went the Dremel
Fossicker
SubscriberLooks great mate, but better you than me!
A blade? Where's your sense of adventure!
I went the Dremel
TopicToaster
SubscriberI wasn't close enough to a power point. I'm still living in the 90's with a corded dremel.
The plastic melts, even with the hacksaw blade. The knife was the easiest way by far.
-Mitch
'El Burro' 2012 Defender 90.
These are brutally effective
TopicToaster
SubscriberSo, I, Ummm, need to amend the record.
I once mentioned something along the lines of making the most bomb-proof mother-flippin' winch install ever.
Today that notion came grinding to a halt when I was giving it a once-over inspection during some routine maintenance, where it failed to chooch.
Initial thought are that this had something to do with it:
That bog hole was like soup- full of leaf matter and other junk.
Some may recall that I pulled off the winch line a few weeks back to wash all the mud and crap out of it, and today, I decided to give the landy some love.
I greased the prop shafts, and also contributed to the hole in the ozone layer by blasting a can of inox MX4 over anything underneath that I don't want to sieze over the coming years. This is my unofficial 6 momthly 'liquid rebuild'
Anyway, while the winch line was off the drum I had the bright idea of giving it a brush with a wire brush, and maybe even a lick of paint as the dyneema tends to rust the drum from always being waterlogged and grubby.
The plan was to put the brush against the drum, and power it up while I brush it- work smart, not hard I say.
The winch drum started to move, then got slower, slower, and then stopped.
The solenoids are clicking- both with the remote and the wired control. The winch can be moved by hand when in free spool. The winch fuse at the control box is not blown, I believe the big 400A fuse in the battery box is OK, as that thing blowing would sound like a gunshot. I'm thinking I've either gummed the brushes up or got crap in the motor housing. The gearbox of the winch was packed with fresh grease in early 2015, and it has only been underwater once.
I'll pull it off the vehicle and suss it out.
The adventure continues!
-Mitch
'El Burro' 2012 Defender 90.
Don't know about the winch but I wouldn't use a wire brush on Dyneema if I were you.
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He's using the wire brush on the drum while the rope is offOriginally Posted by DiscoMick
TopicToaster
SubscriberWhat he said!He's using the wire brush on the drum while the rope is off
Got the winch off and gave it a wipe down. Autopsy to follow. Stay tuned!
-Mitch
'El Burro' 2012 Defender 90.
ChatterBox
SubscriberAt least you found out in the driveway instead of stuck halfway up a mountain somewhere.
Cheers,
Jon
TopicToaster
SubscriberThis is true.
I've got it out on the bench, and partially pulled down.
When I removed it, all cables were securely bolted down, and the earth was solid. So was the light gauge signal wire to the solenoid box.
On the bench,
1) Motor side spins freely - no strange noises or binding
2) Gearbox side spins freely- no strange noises or binding
3) Grease condition looks good- minimal water ingress.
4) There is some grit which as found its way into the drum housing area, but this appears to have been stopped from reaching the inner workings of the motor spline and gearbox area by the drum seal gaskets
Will get the multimeter on the cables on the car side some time this week.
Will also dive deeper into the winch motor when I can.
-Mitch
'El Burro' 2012 Defender 90.
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