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WINCH GEARBOX ROTATION
In many cases of installation the winch clutch handle is not always accessible from the standard 12 o’clock position.
You can rotate the gearbox to locate the clutch handle to a better more accessible position. This is best done on a
bench with the winch not mounted to the vehicle.
CW-12K Gearbox Rotation
- Stand up the bare winch (without the control box
mounted) onto the motor end, secure the winch in
place so it does not fall over.
- With the supplied 6mm allen key, undo and remove
the tie bar bolts on the gear box side
(this has a handle on it)
- Lift up the gearbox and attached end plate away
from the drum and motor, there will be a shaft
attached to the centre of the gearbox so you must
lift up straight until it clears the drum.
- Place the gearbox on its bottom with the drive shaft
pointing upwards and you will see ten allen key
head bolts between where the drum and the winch
housing meet.
- Undo and remove these bolts
- You will now be able to rotate the gearbox to the
desired location.
- Do Not separate the end plate from the gearbox
housing, only turn the end plate.
- Once you have rotated the gearbox to the right
location, align the bolt holes and thread back all ten
bolts into position(finger tight) .
- Torque all ten bolts in a crosshatch star
configuration - tightening the opposites. This is to
correctly centralise the gearbox to the end plate
housing, if you fail to do this correctly the gear
box shaft will be misaligned. And will side load the
gears and cause premature failure.
- Ensure you torque the gearbox mounting bolts
to 2.26-2.82Nm of torque. and use a medium
threadlocker
- Remove the winch drum with the rope off the
motor winch end and thread over the drive shaft
centralising it into position ensuring it seats into the
bushings and seals correctly.Turn the drum while
seating into position.
- Once the drum is seated place the motor on top of
the drum verifying the location of the keyway at the
end of the driveshaft
- Turn the motor end of the winch until it drops into
the keyway on the drive shaft
- Realign the winch tie bars that you removed
previously and refit the bolts and tighten to 15 Nm
of torque and use a medium thread locker
- Check all bolts are tight and have been torqued to
specification
- Before installation check that the winch free spool
and motor operation works correctly without
any unfamiliar noises. See winch testing and
familiarisation
- If you hear any unfamiliar noises, repeat the steps
above to correctly centralise the gearbox.
Note:
Do not use impact drivers as this may lead to
stripping of the threads
CW-XD Scout Pro Extreme Duty Winch
Gearbox rotation:
- Stand the winch on its motor end with the gearbox
uppermost
- Remove the 8 allen head machine screws holding
the clutch handle housing to the main gearbox
housing
- Give the clutch housing section a light tap to
release from the main housing piece, do not
separate from the main housing completely. Be
careful not to damage the sealing o-ring.
- Rotate the housing to put the clutch/free spool
handle in your desired position. DO NOT separate
the housing from the rest of the winch as the drive
shaft will separate from the primary drive gear
or motor drive. This can be quite fiddly to realign
and will require more in-depth disassembly of the
winch.
- During this process take care not to damage the
rubber sealing o-ring
- Replace machine screws and tighten in a star
pattern as you would wheel nuts.
- Torque bolts to 2.26-2.82Nm or 20-25in/lbs (inch
pounds NOT ft/lb)
- Check operation of handle and free spool
mechanism.
Note:
Do not use impact drivers as this may lead to
stripping of the threads
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