Hello,
Hopefully someone who is familiar with the Warn 8274 winch could help me out with this.
I recently bought an 8274. I realized that one of the tabs that holds the lower and upper halves together was broken so I had the welded. I inspected all the gears, mounted the lower half of the winch with the drum on the truck put 22 ounces of 30 weight non-detergent gear oil in, put gasket sealant on the lower half and bolted on the upper half. Everything was fine until I noticed a small oil drip from the bottom of the lower housing after 15 minutes of it sitting there. It looks like it's coming out where the drum gear goes into the winch housing but I can't tell for sure because the lower housing obstructs the view of where the drum is actually going into the winch housing.
I re-read some documentation and realized that I was only suppose to put in 16oz of oil.
My question: Is the oil leaking out because I put too much oil or is it a bad gasket around the drum? Has this happened to anyone else?
I hate to take the thing apart again but if it will eventually cause gear damage, I will take it apart again.
Hopefully someone who is familiar with the Warn 8274 winch could help me out with this.
I recently bought an 8274. I realized that one of the tabs that holds the lower and upper halves together was broken so I had the welded. I inspected all the gears, mounted the lower half of the winch with the drum on the truck put 22 ounces of 30 weight non-detergent gear oil in, put gasket sealant on the lower half and bolted on the upper half. Everything was fine until I noticed a small oil drip from the bottom of the lower housing after 15 minutes of it sitting there. It looks like it's coming out where the drum gear goes into the winch housing but I can't tell for sure because the lower housing obstructs the view of where the drum is actually going into the winch housing.
I re-read some documentation and realized that I was only suppose to put in 16oz of oil.
My question: Is the oil leaking out because I put too much oil or is it a bad gasket around the drum? Has this happened to anyone else?
I hate to take the thing apart again but if it will eventually cause gear damage, I will take it apart again.