Warn winch freespooling?

[pgotro]

I recently acquired my fist winch, a used Warn xd9000i. The seller connected to a battery and it spooled in and out, motor seemed fine. I did a little research and found I could get most parts that I might need so for $400 I took it home. I found a site online, windingtrails.com, that explained step by step on the tear down and rebuild. After much cleaning, sanding, painting, geasing, new seals, etc I have the winch back together and looking good. Foe me the brake was the trickiest part of the reassembly. My question is how easy should the winch freespool by turning the drum by hand? Again, this is my first winch and I have no experience with winches. With the clutch engaged the drum won't turn at all, with it disengaged I can turn the drum by hand with some effort.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

It takes a small amount of effort to pull the line out when it's in free spool mode so it won't be as easy to turn the drum by itself by hand. What you're feeling is likely normal and caused by all the grease inside there.

 

[pgotro]

It takes a small amount of effort to pull the line out when it's in free spool mode so it won't be as easy to turn the drum by itself by hand. What you're feeling is likely normal and caused by all the grease inside there.

Thank you Jerry Brantford! I was hoping you would chime in as I trust your opinion. Now to get it mounted. From what I have read I need to spool in the new rope under load, ie winching the jeep uphill?

 

[txbemis69]

check warn’s website, they might have owners manuals you can download.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

Thank you Jerry Brantford! I was hoping you would chime in as I trust your opinion. Now to get it mounted. From what I have read I need to spool in the new rope under load, ie winching the jeep uphill?

Connect the winch line to a tree or other vehicle tow hook and pull the parking brake up a few clicks so it'll provide enough drag on level ground to pull it in under load.

 

[Blackjack]

The only way to adequately test for freespool is to bolt the winch to a mounting plate as the winch can splay just a touch while on its own. Depending on how much grease you put in the gear box will also determine how it spools until you have run the winch long enough for things to settle in.

My question to is about the he brake. You took it out of the drum? Did you secure the shoes to the brake as you removed it? You are not supposed to let the clock spring unwind as you may get erratic performance out of the brake.

 

[pgotro]

The only way to adequately test for freespool is to bolt the winch to a mounting plate as the winch can splay just a touch while on its own. Depending on how much grease you put in the gear box will also determine how it spools until you have run the winch long enough for things to settle in.

My question to is about the he brake. You took it out of the drum? Did you secure the shoes to the brake as you removed it? You are not supposed to let the clock spring unwind as you may get erratic performance out of the brake.

I pulled the brake out of the spool when I cleaned everything. I followed the article I mentioned above to put the spring and brake "shoes" back together. The writer of the article said to wind the spring 180 degrees to the "left" but I can't be sure of which way was to his left?

The only way to adequately test for freespool is to bolt the winch to a mounting plate as the winch can splay just a touch while on its own. Depending on how much grease you put in the gear box will also determine how it spools until you have run the winch long enough for things to settle in.

My question to is about the he brake. You took it out of the drum? Did you secure the shoes to the brake as you removed it? You are not supposed to let the clock spring unwind as you may get erratic performance out of the brake.

I took the brake out of the spool when I cleaned everything. I followed the article I mentioned above to put the brake back together. The writer of the article said to wind the spring 180 degrees to the left, but I can't be certain which way was his left, I think I got it correct as I was holding the cones in the same position as he was.

 

[Blackjack]

I pulled the brake out of the spool when I cleaned everything. I followed the article I mentioned above to put the spring and brake "shoes" back together. The writer of the article said to wind the spring 180 degrees to the "left" but I can't be sure of which way was to his left?

I took the brake out of the spool when I cleaned everything. I followed the article I mentioned above to put the brake back together. The writer of the article said to wind the spring 180 degrees to the left, but I can't be certain which way was his left, I think I got it correct as I was holding the cones in the same position as he was.

Yeah I wish he would remove that part of his article. It is far too easy to have brake issues if you are not 100 percent certain that the clock spring is wound correctly. Even Warn service centers are instructed not let the spring unwind if you have to remove the brake from the drum. You will very carefully want to power the winch in both directions several times but without and with a light load to make sure the brake is not causing issues.

 

[Plumber1]

When I do mine I have a slight up hill parking lot near me and then winch in back in so I don't have to use the parking brake at all.