Update ..
New motor bought ..
NEW 12 V Short Armature 5HP Winch Motor, Goodwinch, Superwinch, TDS Goldfish | eBay
and sitting next to the old one on the bench ...
I can thoroughly recommend Goodwinch, fantastic delivery, will be buying more stuff off them in the future .. It also looks like they sent me a long armature motor, have a look at the negative to field post lengths on the two motors, the new one is about an inch longer between posts, and this is reflected in the end-cap, more of which later!
Rebuilt the gearbox end, all nice and clean, light smear of oil for now, Devon4x4 didn't send the gaskets I ordered so Blue Hermetite on all mating surfaces ..
Added the drum, then motor ..
and had to bodge up the tie rods as the steel bolts that held the aluminium tie bars to the end plates broke inside and couldn't be removed. I have the impression this is stronger and will be more resilient if needed. All of it's just loosely assembled ready for fitting to the vehicle when it'll all be tightened up evenly so there's no stress on a particular point.
Then hit the major obstacle .. well, minor really but has ****ed me off and is where the job stands ..
The feckin' thing don't fit now!! The old motor is stuck there to show how it did fit ..
No worries, loads of room to move the winch about so it's coming off and the plate will be re-drilled to suit the mounts. Not a problem, but time-consuming, especially when it's this cold!
Only got the solenoids and wiring to tidy up and fit now, how hard can that be?????
Should keep me busy for a while. Topcat has sorted the solenoids and wiring, alongside a remote control box, so it's just a matter of mounting it all, waterproofing it, connecting it and making it work.
For now, it's OK to know I have a Warn winch, refurbed and properly working, albeit still not fully fitted, for less than £200 ... I is quite happy ...
More to follow when I connect it up and add the rope ... and test it under a proper load!