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failure rate of warn winches with bigger motors
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:04 pm
by TRobbo
heaps of people are now running modded warn winches and in particular have uprated the hp of the electric motor.
My highmount is still stock and is very reliable.
For anyone that has upped the hp, has the extra hp lead to an increase in failure of other components?
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:50 pm
by Ruffy
Hey Robbo..
We run 24v through a single 6hp and so far the only thing we've done is bust winch motors!
This winch has done the 1st Engel, the OBC, The cliffhanger, ATECO and Pirahna.
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:52 am
by TRobbo
thanks Ruffy. Anyone broken brake shafts or stripped gears? What do you think the cause was?
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:01 am
by nzdarin
I've been running a 7.8hp 24v for the past 3 years with no dramas. I also flick the opposite way to stop it over spooling. I won't be doing that with 2 x 7.8's though!
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:48 am
by MUD EMPIRE
I've seen brake shafts break....and heard of one bottom housing shattering..!! (replaced by Ateco)
In both cases the motor was upgraded and certainly contributed to the breakage.
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:13 pm
by Ossie
Robbo,
If you just run 12V through a 6hp warn motor (or similar) you will not have any issues with brake shafts etc.
If you start running 24V, and you reverse the winch direction without lag, you will break shafts. (i.e winch out and then immediately winch in.....it is best to allow a few seconds to allow the winch to run-on before you change directions.
Regards,
Jason
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:22 pm
by ludacris
Are the older high mounts stronger than the new ones.
LudaCris
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:44 pm
by LOCKEE
MUD EMPIRE wrote:I've seen brake shafts break....and heard of one bottom housing shattering..!! (replaced by Ateco)
In both cases the motor was upgraded and certainly contributed to the breakage.
They must have had a good rep .
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:02 am
by hottiemonster
Ossie wrote:Robbo,
If you just run 12V through a 6hp warn motor (or similar) you will not have any issues with brake shafts etc.Regards,
Jason
i have busted a brake shaft (snapped in half) and ripped all the teeth of one of the gears and i run a 12v only highmount with a 6hp motor.
Winch breakages
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:46 am
by Smithy jnr
I supply the upgraded brake shafts for those that do break their original Warn shafts. The Warn brake shafts generally seem to give up due to allowing slack in the cable when winching, then the vehicle slips back & shock loads the cable which transfers the load to the brake shaft. With just the one motor being upgraded to an XP motor there shouldn't be any problems.
Re: Winch breakages
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:12 pm
by nzdarin
Smithy jnr wrote:I supply the upgraded brake shafts for those that do break their original Warn shafts. The Warn brake shafts generally seem to give up due to allowing slack in the cable when winching, then the vehicle slips back & shock loads the cable which transfers the load to the brake shaft. With just the one motor being upgraded to an XP motor there shouldn't be any problems.
Yeaj if you don't know how to winch correctly and shock load the winch, it won't matter wht you do it will break!