Hi , I have a 24v M8000 on my BJ 74. It is an adequate winch, it gets used on average 1hour a month, non continious. Anyways it gets HOT quickly , It doesnt matter if pulling the BJ 74 out of a swamp or at home "respooling the winch" at home with no load, IT gets hot. I service the Warn quite frequently.
The other day I was playing around with the cable off of the drum ,running it with no load and within a minute of running it if I put my hand on the drum, I could burn my skin. The drum gets hot before the motor way hotter. It is runnig great ie no abnormal noises . I have no complaints at all besides it being twice as slow as my 8274. Since new in Jan 08 it runs hot but also it is very reliable. OH in July up in the North West Territories I ran it for 5hrs in one day pulling the 74 out of the muskeg (didnt change a thing), Thanks for any Ideas, I know there is nothing I can modify, the power and ground cables are HUGE diameter.
The other day I was playing around with the cable off of the drum ,running it with no load and within a minute of running it if I put my hand on the drum, I could burn my skin. The drum gets hot before the motor way hotter. It is runnig great ie no abnormal noises . I have no complaints at all besides it being twice as slow as my 8274. Since new in Jan 08 it runs hot but also it is very reliable. OH in July up in the North West Territories I ran it for 5hrs in one day pulling the 74 out of the muskeg (didnt change a thing), Thanks for any Ideas, I know there is nothing I can modify, the power and ground cables are HUGE diameter.
