smittybuilt XRC8 free spool issues

[troyboy162]

thought id make a new post about this. these winches dont free spool very well becuase of the thick grease inside the gear box. this style of winch (T-max style) spins the gear box even when you are free spooling. anyhow here are the links explaining the fix. i choose not to use brake cleaner to flush out the stock grease as i think it is high quality

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f27/smittybilt-xrc-8-clutch-spooling-984087/
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f27/xrc8-free-spool-fix-932987/
http://www.ttora.com/forum/showpost.php?p=992998&postcount=18
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/product-reviews/85301-smittybuilt-xrc-8-maintenance.html
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f27/xrc8-free-spool-fix-932987/

taking it apart is easy and the gears come out as sub-assembles

Jeep Wrangler XRC8 Winch (Plenty of cable...92ft) an example.... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLQLVXeSSjw&NR=1#)

[4x4mike]

When these winches we new to the market it was a well known problem. Once people started getting them they were taking them apart and finding styrofoam packing peanuts in the grease inside of the gear box. I had my milemarker apart for some preventative maintenance and found everything ok but did repack it.