Recent content by Ron83

Looks good and glad it worked for you. Forgot you were doing the hidden winch with factory bumper setup. I'm thinking your gonna have to rotate it quite a bit more to get it down so you can reach up and under the bumper to turn it. Probably somewhere between the 3 o'clock position to 7...

Or maybe this will help. The clutch handle itself is not going to move, it stays the same. It is that whole outside gear casing, handle and all that you rotate. IF you look at it from the side the handle comes "stock" in the twelve o'clock position on the winch. When you rotate the gear...

I don't have the same instructions/diagram so can't see diagram #14. but leave the clutch in free wheel position. Then you want to rotate the cover that was held on by the ten little screes one screw position counter clockwise. Just slightly tighten a couple of the screws then hold it back up...

Npoe, just need to pull the two bolts up top on bars that go over top of drum from gear side. Then slide it off to get to ten small crews.. Leave motor side alone. To see pictures see this thread and start at # 15 - https://forum.ih8mud.com/winching-recovery/371911-waterproofing-winch.html ...

Don't know that I would try that without a lot of checking first. Since they are only built to pull one direction and manual even says "DO not run in reverse - use free spooling" because of the braking system.

and while you have it apart you might want to read this thread about waterproofing and replacing the grease with a better quality to make your free spooling a lot better. Ron83 https://forum.ih8mud.com/winching-recovery/371911-waterproofing-winch.html

Look up "clocking" in your winch manual. Just got pretty much the same winch in smittybilt version and you just have to take out the top two bolts on the gear housing. Then pull the gear unit off and you will find around ten smaller bolts on the inside. loosen them and the gear housing can be...

FYI: Old thread, but if anyone thinking of the the ES9000 they are onsale buy 3 get one free at 4 wheel parts - Just ordered a set and 120.00 shipped.