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http://www.warn.com/truck/images/19/9.0RC_winch.gif is an expensive chinese winch

as is this - excellent for using as a boat anchor

http://www.warn.com/truck/winches/src/images/57/Warn_XD9000i.jpg

made in the same factory as this, except this one is far better

http://www.winchsystems.co.uk ...

http://www.4wdmegastores.com.au/__data/page/138/p_winch.jpg

http://www.4wd.ru/netcat_files/346_28.jpg

http://www.roverworld.com/images/Products/EP9.0-01_small.jpg

http://www.winchsolutions.co.uk/files/swinch7.jpg

http://www.tellico4x4.com/catalog/images/products/tmax/12202.jpg

Are all 'cheap ...

X-Eng wrote:Ah, I understand!

We had a dozen or so produced for specific people - but If you like, I could get one for you if you mail me your size & stuff. They were about £10.

Si

I already have one!

An excellent bit of kit and well worth buying - possibly the mutts nuts

X-eng also do a nice line in clothing, along with some other useful bits and pieces

Nice line in clothing?

I did discover that the original owner of xeng.co.uk was a Japanese porn site - maybe that's what you were thinking ...

An excellent bit of kit and well worth buying - possibly the mutts nuts

X-eng also do a nice line in clothing, along with some other useful bits and pieces

The 2.8 naturally asthmatic 6 cylinder is okay for day to day use

The 3.0 NA 6 cyl is not too bad at all

The 3.0ltr Turbo is superb

The 2.3 pet is an abomination in the eyes of god

The 2.8 and 3.0 ltr pets are okay

The 4.4 V8 likes to run too hot

The 6.0ltr AMG is a mere 500bhp of stupidity ...

It depends on what you want to do with it


A G axle will run 500hp and 35" Simex tyres with little or n worrie , so me wanting a Merc lump 170bhp derv burner, auto box, t-box and axles in a vehicle that will never run bigger than 31's. And I get a difflock that will force in and out....

I get my ...

Rangie Thing wrote:. a air locker is the only way to go.

To be honest the only way to go is G-wagon axles with hydraulic in/out lockers.

One day....

cheers for the advice fellas. i just found info on the trutrac its an lsd i realy want a locker but not going to shell out the coin for an arb to go in a weekend 10 spline warrior how ever would work tops in the front.

I have experienced the 'joys' of a detroit before as well as the benefits ...

Go for True tracs instead much better, similar money

I ran 4.7's from a series in my old hybrid, with 35/12.50x16's (BFG MTs) and never broke one in three eyars of hard off roading. The old girl had three engines in that time ending up with a Supercharged 3.5. With 35's you will be just a snadge under geared so with 33's you will need an O/D to cruise ...

I have fitted more Warn winches than I care to remember, and have also stripped, rebuilt and serviced heaps of them too.

I have also had the misfortune to fit 3 wanky Chinese efforts now - the quality has to be seen to be believed. There is also a good chance it will not fit into an ARB bar (and ...

And forget the cheap chinese winches - they're not worth a w4nk!

Why? Give me proof, real proof, not hearsay or urban legend - go on give me proof.

I have abused a load of 'Cheap Chinese Winches' this last year. What have I found? That 'Expensive Chinese Winches' like Warn and Ramsey ought to ...

I personally wouldn't rely on a warn winch, they come standard without any seals to the gearbox, so they fill up with water and mud, which is great for gears and the free spool.

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Fact - 58% of Warn Winches fail the first time they are used in anger- howvere as 55% are never actually used in ...

Can anyone let me no were i can get the specs on these winches as we are going to use one for a winch challenge and i was wanting to make up the mounting before the winch arrived need to no total lenght diameter and mounting hole sizes and spacings

Thanks

Is the Premier the same as the ...

DBW wrote:I have been WARN'D

At the end of the day, I don't want to rely on something that could be unreliable! Warn winch it is! Thanks lads

Oh how I laughed!

The XP and the 8274 are both good and fast but they require proper maintenance if you really use them hard in the wet. With the 8274 that means new seals every time. The 4.6hp 8274 is a bag of sh*te, made by illiterate monkeys in an old zoo somewhere. Swap in the 5.6hp Premium/DV/Master Winch motor ...

The 8274 idea was bought off Bellview years ago. If you take a peek at the Bellview 5000/Warn 8000 you will see it has a bowden operated clutch that full disingages the spur gear. It also has a bowden cable operated brake that will hold a LWB S1 on a 45degree slope (according to the manual ...

IIRC a RaRo will lose 47% through it's drive train if an fourspeed auto is fitted. Worse for a Torqueflight better for an LT77 but not a lot!

Do you have a source to back this up?

Sadly no - I shall have a firtle around to see where I came up with it - if I can't find it then it's most likely to ...

IIRC a RaRo will lose 47% through it's drive train if an fourspeed auto is fitted. Worse for a Torqueflight better for an LT77 but not a lot!

On a 4 wheel rolling road (not a 2 wheel as the figures are bolloxed) my Tdi does 147bhp at the flywheel at 4100rpm and 278ft/lb at 2300 rpm. I don't know ...

The ComeUp/Masterwinch/DV winches are sold in Australia as the Premier Winch. Only just found that out. Designed and built in Taiwan by the peopl that make winches for Warn. Bloody good winch, even has the brake in the gear box not the drum.

So whoever sells them near you I imagine

I don't ...

Mmm interesting. Follows on from what I would have thought.

I once asked one of the MRFC competitors why he kept using an 8274 - he said that even though it broke more, you could always beg spares from other competitors!

I would have thought it would be better to have a winch that didn't break ...

I read thru' all the 'search stuff' last night. Most of it is the usual forum/pub b*ll*x about who's winch is better.

I was interested to see that the Brawn/T-max/Samson/GEW/Saggitarius stuff is all the Taiwanese designed (in the Warn Factory) built in China stuff. Brawns claim to re-build thier ...

Thanks for that - greatly appreciated

So what do you reckon are the best winches? Warn? Ramsey? Superwinch, Goodwinch, Milemarker, OX, Come Up?

Has the T-max ever been sold in Australia?

The difference in terrain and vehicle prep from say, Europe, is huge so what do Australian off roaders use in the way of shocks, springs etc ...

I'm writing an article on winches/winching and I need some feed back on the T-max range of winches. These are fairly new in the UK and Europe but according to the T-max website they are the 'winch of the outback'.

Is this just hype?

What do the Australians think of the T-max range ...