Quote Originally Posted by StewG View Post
My spare tyre winch jammed today. I got a puncture in offside rear tyre and dropped the spare. swapped wheels cranked up the flat tyre - no problems. Went to a tyre fixer who couldn't do it immediately so I cranked up the loose cable and went for a drive. Drove back to pick up the repaired tyre/wheel and found that the winch would not lower the cable. Tried to overcome this little issue for several hours. Finally logged into this forum and followed the advice to drill out the rivets and with the aid of a large hammer, fixed the jammed cable. it now works like new (almost).
Yeah never wind them up without weight on them. A lesson you now know.