Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I just scored a WARN XD 9000 winch on the weekend for $0. When I started to pull it apart, the gears were full of this thick, white, almost like wet ash kind of crap. I assume it is just really old lube that has gone bad. Does anyone know what it is & should I be worried about it? I'm going to strip it bare & rebuild it with new cable etc. Does anyone have a tech diagram of this winch?

you can get full strip down diagrams from the warn usa site if you enter in the model no etc etc
http://www.warn.com/truck/ReplacementPa ... tparts.jsp

doesn't greese/oil go white when it comes in contact with water?

Ric wrote:doesn't greese/oil go white when it comes in contact with water?

YES , change it