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WINCH MOTOR ROTATION
In some cases you may need to rotate the winch motor for access to the motor terminals
- Stand the winch up on its gearbox side and secure
appropriately so it doesn’t fall
- Mark the location of both the bolts in relation to
the winch end plate to make it easier to realign the
motor.
- Undo both of the winch motor end bolts with a
10mm socket and remove.
- Do not remove the end cap. If you accidentally
remove the end cap make sure the seal is aligned
correctly before putting it back together.
- You may need to gently tap the main housing to
release from the drum end plate. Gently rotate the
motor body 180 degrees to the other location
- Using your alignment marks to drop the bolts back
in, you may need to slightly turn the housing back
and forth while turning the bolts with your fingers
for realignment.
- Once both bolts have dropped into their threads,
finger tighten both bolts
- Then evenly tighten to 4.5Nm torque with a 10mm
socket
WINCH MOUNTING
Before mounting the winch ensure you have worked out the best accessible clutch handle location on the
gearbox as this is rotatable depending on bullbar/mount accessibility.
- Install mounting kit or structural support for winch
if not already fitted or included on the vehicle.
- Ensure the winch is mounted to a flat even surface
that is at least a minimum of 6.0mm thick and is
suitable for a winch mount using the supplied 4 x
square head nuts, bolts, washers and lock washers.
- These bolts must be tightened to 55 Nm of torque
and use medium grade thread locker.
- The winch must be mounted with the arrow on the
drum end plate facing forwards and the fairlead
rope must operate from an underwound orientation.
CAUTION:
In some factory bullbars from Nissan
and Toyota it is mandated due to the position of
the winch in the cradle that the rope is exited off
the top of the drum to line up with the rope outlet
on the bar. In this case the winch will need to be
fitted with the arrow pointing back towards the
engine, the rope should then be fed back around
the back of the drum and over the top to exit the
winch in this manner. You must consult the OEM
winch cradle installation manual from your vehicle
manufacturer for confirmation.
WARNING:
Do
not unspool the rope and wind back on the other
way, this may cause damage and failure of the
automatic brake mechanism.
- Place the square nuts inside the winch feet slots on
the winch. (Pro tip - silicone the nuts into position
to prevent them from falling out when you are
mounting a winch to the plate)
- Thread the 4 x bolts with the flat and lock washers
provided into the nuts in the winch and tighten.
- Attach the fairlead to the mounting plate using
the supplied 2 bolts, nuts, flat and lock washers
provided and use a medium lock tight. Tighten to
45 Nm of torque
- The ends of the mounting bolts must not bottom
out in the winch body and must fully engage the
threads in the nuts. If this occurs add additional
washers to the bolt to prevent bottoming out.
-
WARNING:
Make sure there are no sharp edges
that can contact the winch rope during operation.
You must visually inspect the rope path from the
winch drum all the way through to the outlet of
the fairlead. On some bullbar models the fairlead
mounting holes are not centrally located to the rope
outlet, and you may find that when the fairlead
is mounted the rope will be touching the inside
edge of the steel rope outlet before it feeds onto
the fairlead. It is vital to ensure that the fairlead
position is such that no other component of the
bar will touch the rope from fully wound in to fully
wound out. You will note that the angle of rope
outlet off the drum changes as it is spooled in or
out, so check both extremes for clearance. The
rope will break under load if it is subjected to any
edge or component that is not the fairlead mount.
- Ensure the mounting surface for the winch is flat
for correct winch alignment and operation
Fairlead Style Mounting
- In some applications it is
easier to install the fairlead into the same mounting
holes as the bottom of the winch. Use the 2 longer
mounting bolts supplied in the bolt kit for this purpose
to run through the fairlead, mounting plate and into
the winch mounting square nut mounts. Tighten to 55
Nm of torque and fasten with thread locker.
WARNING:
Do not substitute any strength grade
weaker than ISO grade 8.8 bolts and nuts
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