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pri_i_oh Member
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I bought a "viper" winch on ebay for around 80.00 thinking I got the deal of the century. Hint, spend the money and get a decent winch. I used the winch 1 time. a couple months later I was planning a big ride at HatField-McCoy trailsystem in West Virginia and wanted to lube it up a little and make sure the cable wasnt bound up, that sort of thing, typical maintanence. I could pull it out with my hand. Now I'm a pretty strong guy but if I can pull the cable out on a 3,000 lbs winch with it engaged, there's something wrong. When I called the dealer they werent willing to help me at all because I was 3 months past the warranty.
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Circa2000 Member 
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That sucks... I have the warn winch that comes on the XT outtys.. Only problem I have with it is it freezing up solid... Had that happen the other day while I was out..
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pri_i_oh Member
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I think alot of that has to due with lubrication. You might be able to avoid that by properly lubricating the cable and winch mechanism. I'm not a mechanic or anything but try that and it might solve your problem.
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Circa2000 Member
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your probably right. Although I never did have to lube up the Warn winch i got with my Honda. never had any problems with it either and it was used ALOT lol
____________________ Current: 2007 Outty 650XT - Loaded Before: 2005 Honda 450 Foreman **MY 2007 OUTTY 650XT PICS** |
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