How to rebuild a low mount Warn step by step
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Fixed it for Ewe......silly Kiwi
Get ajob you have too much time on your hands obviously
A little off topic. But are these Warn 9.5xp worth the nearly 3k price tag? Seeing as though they just fill up with water?
Or should I just be a sheep an buy a runva like everyone else?
And as a side question. Why are the high mount winches so popular? Is it purely line Speed? At 8000lb seems a little light compared to say a 9 or 10 thousand pound winch.
Or should I just be a sheep an buy a runva like everyone else?
And as a side question. Why are the high mount winches so popular? Is it purely line Speed? At 8000lb seems a little light compared to say a 9 or 10 thousand pound winch.
Worth $3k???
Absolutely not! That kind of price is ridiculous. Admittedly the 6hp motor attached to it is one of the best going, in particular the earlier Bosch built ones. No way I'd pay $3k for that kind of winch though.
However they don't fill up with water... You may have mistaken it for the XD9000? That one has poor water sealing. The 9.5XP in a comparison in a 4wd mag a couple of years back was in fact the only one to survive a half hour dunking without a drop of water in it if I recall correctly.
There's far far better value winches around, warn are charging for the name if that's the going rate.
I put the XP lip seals on my old 9000 and that was spot on after that.
As for high mounts, with a few minor mods their reliability is awesome. Their line speed is exceptional, and the 8000 rating is a bit hard to explain. An M8000 will easily out pull most 12000 winches. I don't pretend to understand this, doesn't make much sense. Line speed compromises torque, so go figure?
They are a very different concept though; fluid lubricated not grease, totally different gearbox, brake, layout etc.
Not for everyone, they aren't exactly discreet, but if you absolutely positively have to have a winch to get you out of the poo, a high mount (with some relatively straightforward mods) is it. Mine is one of my favourite things on the car, and has well and truly saved my bacon more than once
Absolutely not! That kind of price is ridiculous. Admittedly the 6hp motor attached to it is one of the best going, in particular the earlier Bosch built ones. No way I'd pay $3k for that kind of winch though.
However they don't fill up with water... You may have mistaken it for the XD9000? That one has poor water sealing. The 9.5XP in a comparison in a 4wd mag a couple of years back was in fact the only one to survive a half hour dunking without a drop of water in it if I recall correctly.
There's far far better value winches around, warn are charging for the name if that's the going rate.
I put the XP lip seals on my old 9000 and that was spot on after that.
As for high mounts, with a few minor mods their reliability is awesome. Their line speed is exceptional, and the 8000 rating is a bit hard to explain. An M8000 will easily out pull most 12000 winches. I don't pretend to understand this, doesn't make much sense. Line speed compromises torque, so go figure?
They are a very different concept though; fluid lubricated not grease, totally different gearbox, brake, layout etc.
Not for everyone, they aren't exactly discreet, but if you absolutely positively have to have a winch to get you out of the poo, a high mount (with some relatively straightforward mods) is it. Mine is one of my favourite things on the car, and has well and truly saved my bacon more than once
Mate I'm probably not the best person to ask, hopefully someone with more experience in paint and bodywork will see this.
Depending how bad it is, I just sand it and repaint (if it even needs it) but if it's really bad I use these type of disk stripper thingies;
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These rip paint off anything.
I used to use a normal sanding disk, but only when it was nearly completely buggered so it wouldn't remove anything more than the paint.
To be honest I don't waste too much effort to get them pretty, I make them work as best as I possibly can, if it has to be pristine so you could eat your dinner off it I'm not the guy to bring it to lol
So as I said hopefully someone else who knows better will see this and educate us both!
Depending how bad it is, I just sand it and repaint (if it even needs it) but if it's really bad I use these type of disk stripper thingies;
These rip paint off anything.
I used to use a normal sanding disk, but only when it was nearly completely buggered so it wouldn't remove anything more than the paint.
To be honest I don't waste too much effort to get them pretty, I make them work as best as I possibly can, if it has to be pristine so you could eat your dinner off it I'm not the guy to bring it to lol
So as I said hopefully someone else who knows better will see this and educate us both!
Will see how I go, here is how it looks now though! http://www.patrol4x4.com/forum/reco...00-two-years-post-rebuild-350713/#post5642217Mate I'm probably not the best person to ask, hopefully someone with more experience in paint and bodywork will see this.
Depending how bad it is, I just sand it and repaint (if it even needs it) but if it's really bad I use these type of disk stripper thingies;
![]()
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These rip paint off anything.
I used to use a normal sanding disk, but only when it was nearly completely buggered so it wouldn't remove anything more than the paint.
To be honest I don't waste too much effort to get them pretty, I make them work as best as I possibly can, if it has to be pristine so you could eat your dinner off it I'm not the guy to bring it to lol
So as I said hopefully someone else who knows better will see this and educate us both!
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