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winch lube
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 9:20 pm
by zacco
Hey blokes, has anyone fitted a grease nipple to the gear side of an electric winch?
Cheers, Zacco
Re: winch lube
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:19 am
by Brinky
Hi Zacco. Is your winch a Runva? If it is please let me know if this mod works. Wonder why they don't fit grease nipples from new.
Re: winch lube
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:25 am
by geeves
Adding a grease nipple wouldnt deal with any water that got in. Also you dont fill them with grease only giving the parts a good coating. A quick google came up with a guide
https://www.whichcar.com.au/gear/recove ... -4x4-winch
Re: winch lube
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 2:41 am
by zacco
Hey runva, mines an ironman winch
Re: winch lube
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 8:26 pm
by Brinky
They say the best way to make your winch last is use it heaps. Mine gets plenty of use as I'm always getting stuck trying to follow those big trucks. I just wish I had bought the faster winching model.
Re: winch lube
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:26 am
by mudslinger
to much grease can make it really hard to pull out on free spool. few people have said to get rid of all the grease and run atf in there.
Re: winch lube
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 1:48 am
by tonkamu
I got the same runva 9500 xs winch, I rang runva once and they said u don't have to do anything?
Re: winch lube
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:36 am
by mudslinger
tonkamu wrote:I got the same runva 9500 xs winch, I rang runva once and they said u don't have to do anything?
overtime water and crap can get in. strippping it down from time to time and re greasing needs to be done unless you want it to work the one time it needs to?