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Thread: smittybuilt XRC8 free spool issues

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    smittybuilt XRC8 free spool issues

    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/s...ooling-984087/
    http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f27/x...ol-fix-932987/
    http://www.ttora.com/forum/showpost....8&postcount=18
    http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/pro...intenance.html
    http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f27/x...ol-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....

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    Re: smittybuilt XRC8 free spool issues

    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.

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