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Warn high mount winch brake? - where to find/fix
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:54 pm
by motoking
Hey all i was using winch the other day to try and un roll my tractor when the brake popped off the side of it when i went to re start it under load. a heap of little steel ball bearings and a couple peices of clutch or brake like material fell out of the bottom of it.
i rung arb to see if i could get the parts but they only sell the whole thing for about $620. does anyone know of a cheaper way of fixing it (excludding methods involving duct tape, zippy ties, hitting it with a hammer or filling it full of weld?)
or getting parts from some where else. Any help much appreciated
Cheers Allan
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:33 pm
by on4tou
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:43 pm
by tiler0172
give xtreme 4x4 sport a call at morayfield qld that is dave metcalf of the extreme winch challenge and the 8 day
his number is 0418 745 830
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:12 pm
by RV80
Allan, go and see Tony Williams at Opposite Lock Nerang (Spencer Rd) and get him to get you a brake rebuild kit it will cost around $150.
Grant
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:02 pm
by hammey
RV80 wrote:Allan, go and see Tony Williams at Opposite Lock Nerang (Spencer Rd) and get him to get you a brake rebuild kit it will cost around $150.
Grant
x2 the local ARB are trying to rip you mate.
I bought a rebuild kit fron ARB Newcastle for about $150
cheers smitty
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:14 pm
by motoking
Hey thanks for that guys. I pulled the brake appart today and the casings and stuff seem to be in pretty good Nick so that sounds heaps more reasonable to rebuild I'll give them a call tomorrow and see how I go :-)
cheers Allan
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:16 pm
by The_Wazza
We can get any warn parts you may be after. We also service winches.
Email us at
flaminfab@bigpond.com
Cheers
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:06 pm
by dogbreath_48
Having the brakeshaft tapped and an endcap fitted would stop this happening again.
Rip it apart and post the shaft down to Malcolm Leslie in Melbourne
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:10 pm
by Ruffy
dogbreath_48 wrote:Having the brakeshaft tapped and an endcap fitted would stop this happening again.
Rip it apart and post the shaft down to Malcolm Leslie in Melbourne
X2
If you've put it under so much load it's popped the circlip off, you may want to look at upgrading by means off drilling and tapping the end of the brake shaft in order to securely bolt the brake mechanism on.
I'm sure Dale from 2dextreme or someone involved with comp stuff in QLD could help..
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:57 pm
by motoking
hey all i called opposite lock in nerang and talked to tony and he said he could get me a kit for about $180 which i thought was pretty resonable although it has obiously gone up a bit. He then rung me back about 5 min later and said that he still thought that was to expensive and i should try smithi engineering, so i gave that ago and i got the upgraded brakes and ball bearings for about $90 including postage. so i reccomend opposite lock for there honsty ( he could of easily just let me get the product from him) and to smithi engineering for doing it heaps cheaper.(if he ever emails me the details
) It deffiently helps when i gotta fix the tractor
i broke the whinch by stop starting trying to flip it back over which i think is more then i would ever ususaly pull, particularly without a snatch block, if it breaks agian then i will deffinently get it machiened with a bolt instead, thanks heaps for all of your help
cheers Allan
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:10 pm
by 75 cruser
give smithi a go helped me in the past
and id be straight back for help again
rob