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I have the quadratec q-series 9k winch with synthetic line. its been awesome ive pulled out a chevy 1500 and a toyota forerunner but never my own rig...i need to push it harder
Nate Livingston
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Thats the one I saw advertised at HF for $300 (Badlands ZXR 12000LB). I need a better front bumper before I get a winch anyways, might as well save up Im thinkin.
Mine is mounted on winch plate on stock bumper with no problems
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Warn 8274 form some time in the 70s i believe. Warn couldn't verify the Sn for me.
Motor upgraded to 6.5hp xp motor
Brake friction material upgraded to giglepin spec
Solinoid pack replaced with a contactor.
Got it used off a car trailer for cheap, rebuild it for a few hundred bucks including the upgrades. Fasted winch I've ever used and seems to pull just as hard as my old M10000. The only thing thats ever let me down on the trail with any warm winch is the solinoids or the motor brushes sticking. Both are an easy fix.
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Motor upgraded to 6.5hp xp motor
Brake friction material upgraded to giglepin spec
Solinoid pack replaced with a contactor.
Got it used off a car trailer for cheap, rebuild it for a few hundred bucks including the upgrades. Fasted winch I've ever used and seems to pull just as hard as my old M10000. The only thing thats ever let me down on the trail with any warm winch is the solinoids or the motor brushes sticking. Both are an easy fix.
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I have a WARN M8000 from Northridge 4X4 on a WARN front stubby bumper. .
https://www.northridge4x4.com/part/jeep-truck-suv-winches/26502-warn-m8000-winch
Bought it at Thanksgiving with a coupon code and a rebate. Saved 100 bucks:
https://www.northridge4x4.com/part/jeep-truck-suv-winches/26502-warn-m8000-winch
Bought it at Thanksgiving with a coupon code and a rebate. Saved 100 bucks:
Have. Ramsey REP8000. Currently in the process of repainting it. It’s been already rebuilt.
Can someone tell me.
What is the typical size of those control boxes that hold the solenoids? Mine is gone and need to rebuild one.
Also, how is the control box held onto the winch? I see some are over to the side I’m assuming using like a strap? While others are in the dead center over where the line is.
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Can someone tell me.
What is the typical size of those control boxes that hold the solenoids? Mine is gone and need to rebuild one.
Also, how is the control box held onto the winch? I see some are over to the side I’m assuming using like a strap? While others are in the dead center over where the line is.
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Very good point about its slowness. New winch owners or those looking to buy a winch may believe a winch's line speed to be irrelevant. Afterall you aren't in a rush when you're wheeling right? But line speed is important on some pulls where you're winching the Jeep over a particularly tough longer section of trail where's it's not just a short quick pull. There are often sections in tough trails where you'll be able to drive faster than a slow winch can keep up with at times and cause a fast snarl/birds nest in the winch line. Slow winches work but they can be a PITA in sections of trail where it's not just one quick pull that is needed.
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Just installed a warn m8000. Quick question, does the steel wire come pretensioned or do I need to spool it all out then back in under load?
Warn's instructions say to tension it before its first use so it doesn't come pretensioned. An easy way to do that is to pull your parking brake up several clicks to provide the required load and then winch your Jeep up to another Jeep, tree, etc.
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crackedcornish
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Another Warn XD9000i owner here. Bought it used and older than dirt. It works flawlessly every time I need it. I put the TRE synthetic line on it. This replaced a new Smitty XRC8000 that died before it was 2 years old. Broken gears is what the friend I gave it to said.
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Did you get stuck in those two trees then change your front fenders to get out?
Gotta hand it to smittybilt on the reliability of their newer winches though. A friend of mine has a smittybilt x20 on the shop jeep. The boss told him he can only replace it with a warn when it fails. He's been TRYING to kill it for about 5 years now with no success.
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