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MY WINCH HAS GIVE UP!!!! WHAT NEXT????

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nellyscossy:
I BROUGHT A CHEAP WINCH OF EBAY A COUPL,E OF YEARS AGO AND NOW ITS DECIDED IT DOSENT WANT TO WORK ANYMORE

TROUBLE IS THAT I LIKE THE WATER!!!!!

I HAVE USED THE WINCH MAYBE 10 TIMES BUT IT HAS BEEN ON MY MOTOR FOR A YEAR

I USED IT TODAY AND IT STOPPED WORKING   IVE TOOK IT APART AND ONE OF THE SPRINGS THAT PUSHES THE BRUSHES HAS MELTED . THE ARMATURE LOOKS OK BUT GENERALLY THE INSIDE OF THE MOTOR LOOKS AWFULL DUE TO WATER INGRESS....

NOW  DO I BUY AN EXPENSIVE WINCH AND LET THE SAME HAPPEN OR JUST REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER 200 QUID WONDER????

davidlandy:
you pays your money and takes your choice.

a superwinch or a warn wouldnt fail in the same way.

Disco Matt:
I'd be inclined to strip, clean, and rebuild the cheap winch. You should be able to find new brushes and brush springs to fit it for a few pence and this won't cost anything but your time.

Buying another cheap one would be a false economy - keep the £200 and put it towards a decent one. If you get another couple of years out of the cheap one it should give you time to save the rest.

666:
Just buy a decent motor for it!
My first winch was an ebay special :doh: Within a year i had killed 2 motors on it  :shock: :shock: Replaced it with a Champion motor from winch solutions and it now sits on the back of my motor and has been used a few times over the last 18 months with no problem  ;)

Cheers

Mark

Gav_T:
Goodwinch td9.5!

Got one on my disco and cant fault it at all!

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