Re: Warn M12000 issues
This winch is freaking killing me.
I bought new roller shafts for the fairlead, mine were very rusty and I had ordered delrin rollers for synthetic line from Viking.
So I get the roller shafts, the vertical one fits but the horizontal one doesn't! I had already thrown the rusty ones out. The shaft is probably 1/4" to 3/8" too short. The rollers fit fine, as do the vertical shaft.
So I called Warn. They were like "well we only make one replacement shaft length for the M12000 fairlead, and you probably have that one year where they were different. Sorry it doesn't fit. Why not buy a new fairlead?"
Well, I've already bought new rollers, new shafts, and sandblasted and painted the bracket. Thinking about it, I'm not even sure if the bracket was narrower that the Viking rollers would fit. They also don't sell a replacement bracket.
I'm down to either buying a new Fairlead ($135 ish) and hoping the Viking rollers fit, or getting some shafts the correct length turned up.
I'm trying really hard not to throw this winch out. It basically works. I can afford a new winch but I'd rather spend my money on some additional item, not replacing something that basically works.
And I've made no progress on the stuck bolts.
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