Posted in adventure on Apr 11th, 2012 No Comments »
The problem was with the remote pins not making good contact, sorted enough by spacing the spins a little and probably (moreso) adding some di-electric grease. Probably a good idea anyways because the way the socket is on the winch, it can trap a little water. Now it becomes a game to see if Superwinch [...]
Posted in adventure on Apr 11th, 2012 3 Comments »
So three days ago I emailed away to Superwinch about my broken solenoid. And I’ve received… nothing. nada. zilch. zip. Not any kind of useful response, not even an auto-responder that they got my email and will think about it for days. I suppose this means that I have to call them, which is too [...]
Posted in adventure on Apr 7th, 2012 No Comments »
Beautiful day in the Seattle area today, hope everyone was able to take advantage of it. I know a lot of people were – I saw a ton of bikes out today. I even got a ride in, after the following mess; This morning I decided to head out to Beckler (since it looked sort [...]
Posted in adventure on Feb 21st, 2012 No Comments »
Finally found some time to put the winch on. Some observations. Despite what different people have said on the Internet, the superwinch does fit in the Rugged Ridge HD bumper, so it does appear they have change the pattern of the cut-out to fit the larger size. The winch does line up properly using the [...]
Posted in adventure on Feb 11th, 2012 2 Comments »
So after several months of research and agonizing I’ve charted a course for upgrading Hanna. This process has resulted in a list of assumptions and conclusions about the JK: The JK is *not* the TJ and the rules are much different. I should take my own advice and protect the tub since that’s the one [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2009 No Comments »
After OFR which was the second trip I’ve tried to use steel cable, I went ahead and ordered new synthetic line. In retrospect it was the right decision to throw the brand-new, unused steel rope away when I got my first winch, and I should have done it this time too. The steel line is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10th, 2009 No Comments »
And here are the winch install photos I promised. Flickr solves all woes.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8th, 2009 No Comments »
The superwinch went on easily, the job was a bit (but not a lot) easier than doing it on the Discovery with the ARB bumper. It was primarily easier because it basically just sits on a flat piece of sheet steep on the top of the existing bumper/frame combination. All this is “temporary” until my [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
The place I bought it from was so scary and cheap, I almost expected to receive a SuparWench instead of a SuperWinch, but sure enough, my faithful companion has arrived. Now for a mounting plate… I ordered one from LOD but by now I’ve figured out that is going to take forever, so I ordered [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 25th, 2009 No Comments »
I told Jordan that if he closed on his new orange TJ that I’d buy a winch. The reasoning is pretty simple; he’s by far the unluckiest bastard I know so someone around him should have a winch if he has a Jeep. If he got one, it would just break. He hasn’t closed on [...]