racepics Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I've had no luck at all with those chinese winches. Been through two of them on the van. Rain water seems to get into the motor and stuffs the brushes/armature. I've never driven it through a river so the winch has never been submerged but still two brand new winches were toast because of water/rust inside the motor. The last new one I fitted, I sealed around the motor with silicone before fitting. Never used it for over a year, then when I needed it, it wouldn't go. Armature was welded to the case with rust! Buggered if I know how the rain gets into them.. So if anyone need parts for these winches (except the motor) I have two sets of everything else.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Well mine got well tried and tested yesterday and went very well, I didn't submerge it though - mine is mounted quite high and we usually get out the pick axe and drain bogs if we can before charging in. I can attest that the gearbox end isn't very well sealed from when I took it apart to fix the cable attachment but I haven't looked too closely at the motor side in that respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpr Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 always wondered what those cheap winches are like. how grunty are they? take it winch speed would be fairly slow yeh? our safari has the factory pto winch. is awesome other than the feed rollers on the spool could go relocating. quite amusing when used mates surf as and anchor point. dragging his truck into the mudhole rather then pulling safari out. / put some side pipes on it today. nice stream of smoke out the side now. excuse the street wheels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racepics Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 The 5000lb winches I've used are not fast. They are variable speed though, so as the load comes on it gets slower but keeps pulling. I also have a snatch-block pulley to double up the cable/power. My brother has the 9500lb version on a Vitara, It will lift the thing off the ground no probs. And he's had no problem with that winch at all. Drives through rivers, bogs, submerged half the time. The bigger winch seems to be a better unit reliability wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 pics/vids from the weekend in project thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Star Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Shitty vid from 4nRota offroad display/play/vince sitting on a hill sipping latte/sleeping JViVec6Oi5Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP450andLE Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Shitty vid from 4nRota offroad display/play/vince sitting on a hill sipping latte/sleeping/taking a while to regain consciousness and realise that Louis is trying to converse with him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Star Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 precisely! lol, in my defense I hadn't slept at all that night... and am very old lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP450andLE Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Fair enough. You need to get some young in you. (awkward thoughts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Star Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Bahahahaah/no comment/slightly concerned... *backs away slowly* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP450andLE Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 DW, I've already run crying because my innocent mind has been soiled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Star Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 You own a Lada... your mind is disgusting/filthy lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP450andLE Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 You own a Lada... your mind is disgusting/filthy lol *sits nodding in agreement* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Star Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 In case you want to kill a few hours King of Hammers live feed... currently not leave but it has a link to all the old broadcasts for this race too... good fun, another event added to the list of "things I must go watch live!" http://www.ustream.tv/ultra4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 spent the last few hours reading: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/t ... o-Kinshasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Fuck yeah, that was awesome, reminds me of a similar bike trip I read about where the guy ended up joining chainlinks with nasty loops of welded rod to get him somewhere. Keen to go do something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 the fact that they used to do similar things in their 2cv but got a landcruiser so they could cart more shit..... found another yarn about a guy going all over mexico in a stock '69 fj40. his story went quiet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 dude on turbo124 bought a bronco in canada and drove to terra del fuego or something, probably not as extreme as these people but still epic journey/jelly as Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Remember reading someone talking about these. Here they are for cheap. http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/514200675-Universal-Tire-Deflators-Tyre-Deflators-wholesalers.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 don't really dig my ones eh. perhaps I should get my valve stems all changed so they're the same depth or set each one up on it's own wheel and engrave it or something but they always let the tyres down different amounts. weird. might hit up one of these http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =479279584 as a joker I went with a couple of times to do some skids had one and it was lush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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