grinding from 8274 (1 Viewer)

[lowtideride]

I ran into a situation where the winch was under load and I had to spool out. It had the weight of a 40 on the line, and it made some awful grinding noises while spooling out. I could not tell what it was coming from because I was in the cab, could have been the brake or gears?

any ideas?
thanks,
-Al

 

[lowtideride]

ttt

 

[lowtideride]

anyone out there have a good idea?

 

[Cruiserdrew]

anyone out there have a good idea?

Did you open the case and look at the condition of the gears before mounting?

My 8274 had very little lube left-maybe an ounce or two of funky brown organic sediment. Yours may just need some lube. Warn says 30 wt non-detergent, but I used gear lube since I had an open bottle on the shelf.

The only other thing I can think of is if the clutch mechanism is not fully engaged.

 

[lowtideride]

I did, But i did not rotate it too look at all of them. it seemed like there was 6oz of non-detergent in there but I could be wrong....It winches in perfectly fine, but grinds under load spooling out...