does the winch work?
have you opened up the switch pack and shorted out the right cables to try?
what kind of winch is it?
any pics?
i could go on but i think you get the message
Agreed, I've run mine for 20,000 km now and they are holding up well, they are fine in the dry and in the wet I simply don't throw it about anyway, after all is a 2.2 tonne tractor not a sports car.
Might be worth having a small grinder handy with some 1mm slitting discs, if I remember correctly when I did some that hadn't been touched for a decade or so I had to cut the bolts off and then knock the shaft of the bolt out with a drift and big hammer
Jacking the radius arms into place, trust me it makes life a lot easier, a bit of upward force can be useful for persuading the arms into the right spot for slipping the bolts through. If you are doing it alone I would say almost essential.