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The winch on my M916 does not work and currently has no wire rope on it. I got some wire rope not too long ago, but now I need to get the winch working correctly. This is my first foray into hydraulics, so I'm flying pretty blind here.
The winch is a DP Winch model 45. (45,000 lbs rating) It is a hydraulic planetary winch. The hydraulic tank has two sight glasses, one above the other on the driver's side of the tank. The bottom sight glass shows fluid and the top one shows the fluid level about halfway across the glass, depending on the temperature outside.
When I engage the PTO, I think I can hear it making noise. When I move the winch control levers, the winch itself makes noise, but nothing happens to the drum. All of the dataplates on the winch are missing as well, so I'm not sure what each control should do. The winch drum can freewheel. I'm not certain, but I don't think it should be able to do this. The TMs that I've looked at so far haven't really been too helpful in troubleshooting this problem.
Anybody else ever messed with one of these winches before or have any general hydraulic troubleshooting tips?
The winch is a DP Winch model 45. (45,000 lbs rating) It is a hydraulic planetary winch. The hydraulic tank has two sight glasses, one above the other on the driver's side of the tank. The bottom sight glass shows fluid and the top one shows the fluid level about halfway across the glass, depending on the temperature outside.
When I engage the PTO, I think I can hear it making noise. When I move the winch control levers, the winch itself makes noise, but nothing happens to the drum. All of the dataplates on the winch are missing as well, so I'm not sure what each control should do. The winch drum can freewheel. I'm not certain, but I don't think it should be able to do this. The TMs that I've looked at so far haven't really been too helpful in troubleshooting this problem.
Anybody else ever messed with one of these winches before or have any general hydraulic troubleshooting tips?