Looking for help regarding my OEM PTO winch. I have recently purchased a 1983 BJ40. I am not overly familiar with the winch operation. Unfortunately, the winch is no longer operational due to a failure of the entire unit. The winch case has blown out along with its gears etc. It’s a bit of a long story, however, I need to remove and/or disconnect the PTO so it does not spin the driveshaft to the transfer case. The winch is currently locked up in the “engaged” position. I can’t seem to unlock or disengage the unit using the pull pin. When I try to drive the vehicle there is a lot of “chatter” coming from transfer case as the winch along with the PTO and transfer case are still trying to engage the winch.
I do not believe there is a neutral position on the winch lever? It’s either wind or unwind?
As the vehicle sits now, I cannot drive it more than 20 MPH before things get noisy!
Any guidance about how to disengage the winch or disconnect the PTO etc would be appreciated! My plan is to fully remove the winch however would like to drive it before getting to the removal.
I do not believe there is a neutral position on the winch lever? It’s either wind or unwind?
As the vehicle sits now, I cannot drive it more than 20 MPH before things get noisy!
Any guidance about how to disengage the winch or disconnect the PTO etc would be appreciated! My plan is to fully remove the winch however would like to drive it before getting to the removal.