Thread: Aldi 4WD gear any good?

I got dad to grab me a winch and an LED light, he got a light as well they seem to work pretty well
The winch looks great!! i have mounted mine already just got to modify a few things and wire it up

Dad got to the Aldi in Coffs at about 8:20am this morning and had to wait in line to get in, there were people buying 2 winches each
when he walked in and grabbed my winch there were 12 left, by the time he had grabbed the LED lights there were only 2 left

CHEERS TIM.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

ditto for the tirfors they were selling a while back, I ran into a couple that had one but couldnt feed the rope so I showed them the trick of caging the rope with some fencing wire and using that as a feeder line to get the thing started.

How do you cage the rope with fencing wire? Any Photo's?
regards
Mick

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

If anyone has one of the aldi winches from the last time round OR has a new one they are not frightened of voiding the warrenty on (IE its more than likely just going to sit in the bar as a decoration for months on end) AND is in/near the brissy area Im happy (work permitting) to do a how to on pulling one down to lube it up and to identify the bits that usually break on them.

that is something id like to see!

Originally Posted by jazzaD1

i bought a winch, compressor, inverter and LED lamp, im very impressed!

Well done on scoring those goodies mate, I know you were keen! Did it look like there were going to be a few winches left?

I was travelling to Melbourne yesterday so I stoppped at Aldi in Airport West. Got a recovery kit, inverter, LED light, 2 sets of floor mats (one for the D1 and another for the D2a) and couldn't find the SatNavs.

The winches looked worthwhile but I had committed to buy another with the brake not in the drum so I have the option to use synthetic rope. In any case people were buying the winches at a rapid rate.

When I got to reception the guy in front of me asked the check out girl for a navigator - so did I. Plugged it in when I got to the car park and within 5 minutes it was telling me where to go and that I was exceeding the speed limit. Unplugged it and resolved to read the manual to work out how to disable the impersonation of my beloved wife.

Hey I picked up my winch last night and am impressed with the amount of gear it comes with for the money. only one problem, does it come with a instruction manual ? mine diddnt. but easy to fit any how. I will be mounting it in my series 3 so just working out where to fit the solinoid box and sorcing a universal winch mount.
cheers Will.

i rotated and re-greased the gearbox in my winch today, on the large ring gear there were a couple of burrs, just about ready to snap off (didnt take much effort with a file) and the grease while there was plenty of it, seemed a bit light weight, and very little between the gearbox housing and ring gear itself (it was a see through red colour, and some white/clear vaseline type grease in other areas)

its a pretty messy job, especially if you use castrol LMM like i did, but well worth it i reckon

now to tackle wiring it up, i might go bigger than the supplied 2 gauge wiring also

I got myself a recovery kit, but dithered and then decided against the winch. The winch itself is pretty cheap, but it was the expense of a new front winch bar that was making my wallet wince....

The recovery kit seems fine, and there's enough extra space in the bag for my el cheapo compressor. Bargain!