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I am working on an older M12000 that came from a friend who had only used it a couple times. Somewhere around 12 years ago I mounted it just behind the cab of my '92 F350, but below the deck surface so I could still use the full bed for hauling beams for my business. The purpose of the winch was for my weekend hobby stuff, hauling dead vehicles onto my equipment trailer. I have an A frame with a sheave that plugs into the rear of the bed as a fairlead. Ok, my question is now I have the winch off the truck and just went through the motor, which had water intrusion and I reassembled and sealed it with gaskets both ends. I no longer need the winch mounted below the deck. It was miserable to install and remove and impossible to service. Problem is it had the line spooling off the top of the drum and stuff was all backwards. I will now mount it to spool off bottom with motor on right, gearbox on left but I need to rotate the spool/freespool lever 180 degrees and I will be in business. Can I just pull the allen cap screws, pull it away and re-clock the gearbox that 180 degrees. I watched the above video and I definately don't want to lose my balls like that guy did. I'm thinking as long as I don't remove that big snap ring I'll be ok, But...... Anything to look out for? I have only used it ten times or so and with easy rolling loads and don't really want to tear into the gearbox. Thanks in advance. Edit: We call my F350 'The Retreiver'. i992 7.3 IDI 5 spd man tran, 4wd, 123,000 miles I'm 4th owner, other 3 still here on the island and all have seller's remorse.