ThatXJGuy
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I happen to be looking at some 20,000lb front 5 ton winches (I'm a potential buyer) and I think the price is right, but I want to know if there's a way I can test them by hand before I buy them to make sure they're not broken inside or something. (not looking for guarantees or anything) I'm trying to replace a broken winch on my M-55 and a missing one on my M-62. The one I laid hands on seems to have a lot of play in the drum without the input shaft moving and I am not sure if that's alright, it seems like you can flop the drum back and forth about 1/6 of a turn, without the input shaft turning. The input shaft is too hard to turn by hand , but with channel locks I was able to turn it and after I took up the slack, it turned the drum fine. Does anybody know how they should feel by hand like this? I can't obviously hook it to a truck to test before buying. The drum lock works and when the longer lever is towards the drum, it turns freely, and towards the outside is where it acts like I described above.
I suppose I should ask if $250-$350 is a good price for a winch with no PTO shaft, cable, or self leveling roller, but with the bridge for the leveler and the fairlead rollers intact. I thought so but maybe I'm wrong. One of my trucks already had the winch so I don't need all of the stuff for that truck, I'll have to find stuff for the other one.
I suppose I should ask if $250-$350 is a good price for a winch with no PTO shaft, cable, or self leveling roller, but with the bridge for the leveler and the fairlead rollers intact. I thought so but maybe I'm wrong. One of my trucks already had the winch so I don't need all of the stuff for that truck, I'll have to find stuff for the other one.
