winch maintenance

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andrew007
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winch maintenance

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hi guys,
i have a electric winch and were wondering wot sort things you are meant to be doing to them and how often?
any help appreciated :D
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Sadam_Husain
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Re: winch maintenance

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You want to be checking it regularly for water ingress if your in rivers or bogs or anything like that
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dazza85
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Re: winch maintenance

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Have a look through here Tool Shed

There has been quite a lot of discussion on servicing winches recently

This was a particuly good one Winch not going
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