WARN 8274...show what ya got!

[Devil's Slide Doug]

Finally picked one up for my 40. $400 seems outrageous but its a lot less than a new one. Its going to need a bit of work.

 

[Devil's Slide Doug]

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Gears and case and motor are in good shape, solenoids and cover and wiring are toast. Splurging on the fancy warn Albright/box/wiring kit. Cable was spooled feeding off the top. I can’t figure out what was welded to the brake. Maybe a contraption to engage it since it was running in reverse?

 

[Devil's Slide Doug]

Not knowing any better I went with this: https://link.amazon/B08E3EaqE

I don’t know this guy but I recognize the gear he uses. It is an argument that the Chiyneema rope might be OK. I paid the premium and installed Sumo gears in my transfer case instead of fail gears because I’m not willing to compromise on critical components. How critical is the winch line? $50 is not much of an investment to experiment. That being said, my ancient m8000 wire rope is still going strong.

 

[gnob]

I don’t know this guy but I recognize the gear he uses. It is an argument that the Chiyneema rope might be OK. I paid the premium and installed Sumo gears in my transfer case instead of fail gears because I’m not willing to compromise on critical components. How critical is the winch line? $50 is not much of an investment to experiment. That being said, my ancient m8000 wire rope is still going strong.

kind of an ironic statement talking about TQ bad parts and then justifying cutting corners on a life saving device.
you can see/feel the quality difference of chyneema, as well as the "factory" splices are questionable, at best.
is it comparable? maybe, but for my primary, im not risking it.

 

[Devil's Slide Doug]

kind of an ironic statement talking about TQ bad parts and then justifying cutting corners on a life saving device.
you can see/feel the quality difference of chyneema, as well as the "factory" splices are questionable, at best.
is it comparable? maybe, but for my primary, im not risking it.

I have not made the switch to synthetic yet. The “new to me” 8274 has about 150’ of 5/16 steel line on it. As I spooled it off it looked OK except for one visibly crushed spot 10’ from where it was attached. As much of a budget as I’m on, rather than cut that off and reuse it I am looking into whether this is when I finally “upgrade” to synthetic. A big takeaway from that video is to buy more affordable bulk quality line and splice it. If you get the cheap s***, you will still need to splice it properly.

 

[Broski]

kind of an ironic statement talking about TQ bad parts and then justifying cutting corners on a life saving device.
you can see/feel the quality difference of chyneema, as well as the "factory" splices are questionable, at best.
is it comparable? maybe, but for my primary, im not risking it.

^^^^ This 100%

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[MatthewMcD]

I don’t know this guy but I recognize the gear he uses. It is an argument that the Chiyneema rope might be OK. I paid the premium and installed Sumo gears in my transfer case instead of fail gears because I’m not willing to compromise on critical components. How critical is the winch line? $50 is not much of an investment to experiment. That being said, my ancient m8000 wire rope is still going strong.

I get it, I have 100 feet of new wire rope on the wall. Odds of me needing it are slim but not zero.