Damaged winch? I hope not...

[screamin t/a]

So today I was winding in the cable on my winch, I notice that it was aittle loose. I locked in using the drum lock. Fixed the cable then started to winch again... Then BOOM!!! I shut down the winch, and realized That I forgot the drum lock in the locked position. managed to take apart the lock mechanism and got it straight enough to use again. My question is even though the winch seems to be fine with no load on it, could I have damaged something internally? Also, where can I buy a new drum lock pin? Thanks, I feel terrible right now mAde me sick to see that I made such a dumb mistake... please help

 

[m16ty]

Your winch should be ok. Usually when the winch breaks there is no question it is broke. Check to make sure you have the correct shear pin in the winch. I would have thought the shear pin would have broke.

 

[503m715]

I have a few extra nos pins or poppet shafts as they were called when I bought them. I think I paid 12$ for the pin.
I would hope the shear pin would have failled before damaging the winch. If the pin did not shear and you do not see cracks in the worm housing or pto case, you might be lucky. I did the same thing once and lucky for me the pto popped into the neutral position.

 

[screamin t/a]

It seems fine, no more leaks than there were before. I think I got lucky because the pin bent over and got jammed between the drum and housing. I used the winch reverse to straighten out enough to remove. For some reason my shear pin is 5/16" and I made some brass ones cause i read the shear pin thread and decided that would be ok... How about some more info on the replacement pins???

 

[vinny-socom1]

makeing them is the cheapest

 

[screamin t/a]

Any body know the original material? Maybe dimensions?

 

[m16ty]

Here's all you ever wanted to know about shear pins http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/7948-winch-shear-pins.html?highlight=winch+shear+pins .

I had an original pin tested. Can't remember the alloy off the top of my head (2024 maybe?) but it's in the thread link.