88_cherokee

i am in the hunt for a winch and was offered a smittybilt 10k with a year of warranty. was kinda inclined to buy it but never heard of any comments or opinions about it. neither good nor bad and wanted to know what you guys thought.

i also bought the xrc front bumper and saw a bunch of d rings on ebay by smittybilt also and wondered what size they had to be to fit on the gumper

Tom95YJ

I have the xrc8 winch with synthetic rope I worked for 4wheelparts for a few years and only seen 1 come back. Bang for the buck they are hard to beat. I have used mine on my last 2 outings pulling a Tj up a rock waterfall and a cj up a snow covered hill with no issues at all. And I used to own a warn m8000 that was a great winch other then solenoid issues.

As far as the d rings go as long as they are 3/4".

88_cherokee

in the last 3 years at the store i plan to buy it, the guy sayed he had 3 warranty claims but said it was because of abuse and not using it properly

Jamison

I have the XRC10 with the syn rope and have used it with no complaints. Good bang for the buck.

88_cherokee

bought me this just now
http://www.ebay.com/itm/380325271504...84.m1497.l2649

Tom95YJ

That'll work

Riff Raff

I have an XRC10 on my Cherokee and an XRC8 on my Wrangler, my buddies both have XRC8s and we have had zero problems out of any of them.

Lowrange2

I have 3 XRC8s.

They're slow.

But I've never had an issue out of any of them.

The newer models are made much better.

I'd buy another one.

88_cherokee

there it is

Tom95YJ

Remember to stretch the cable before you use it !

Go to a empty parking lot with a pole that has a concrete base wrap a tree saver strap around that un-spool the winch to where you have 5 wraps left on the drum, Hook the cable to the strap and start to suck the cable in with some tension on it I usually use a few clicks up on the e brake in neutral until your at the final few feet then spool in until you can hook to a d ring

88_cherokee

thanks. i had no idea you needed to do that lol

Tom95YJ

Yep all new cables you should do that for. It's in the manual also

jeepsurfer1

I need to do that too!! Learned something new!!!

caged

as with any winch, warn included. they all have a duty cycle. so if you're doing a long full cable pull up an incline, just remember to stop about half way and let the winch motor cool down.

50% of all winch failures is due to over running the duty cycle. and if the winch is caked in mud, that decreases the duty cycle even more.

the other 50% is most likely poor solenoids.

keep your cable wraps nicely laid out along the drum. you don't want any overlapping or birds nests happening while you're winching. the force of the crossed cables will crush the inner sleeve and shorten the life of the cable making it dangerous.

88_cherokee

what would be a recommened wait time to let it cool off?