warn high mount proplem 8274

[ALS4B]

hi went to give the winch a try ,but it would not hold for a start had to keep winching until took finger off switch and it held .tryed it again same thing . any ideas ?

[meatc]

When did you last strip it? Sounds to me like the cam on the brake shaft is seized and therefore not pulling the brake together.
There are a acouple of good threads online about stripping and rebuilding them (just cant find a link at the moment as I'm not infront of my own computer.) Google Warn 8274 rebuild.

[ALS4B]

have found the promlem .the winch bar has had a knock at some stage , was not letting it lock in when not under much load . As soon as alot off load came on it ,it started to work fine .

[darinz]

Sounds doggy. I'd be stripped the brake assembly down, giving it a good clear and putting it back together.

[ALS4B]

it has been away to be look at the cam was seized

[darinz]

Sounds like it has had water inside the gearbox. When you get it back I'd suggest fitting a drain bung and a filler to it. Al I do it use a 10mm bolt (and cut it short) ie drill and tap a 10mm hole top and bottom.
Then it is really easy to drain the oil and since they only take about 200ml you find you do it all the time. Most guys racing just use engine oil. Factory spec is 6oz of non-detergent 30w oil but the reality is normal engine oil works sweet. I've been doing that for years with no issues. I also never worried about the main seal leaking as I just filled it up all the time and you then knew you had oil and there was no water in it.

[NJV6]

ALS4B winch got a good work out the other night on our 24hr challenge, ran like a dream..... once he got the wee clicky thing away from the grill so the brake would work