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Finally got the winch completely apart. Does anyone know where I can get the large gear? Or are chances the worm gear is toast as well?
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Status. I finally got it off with a wood block and a ton of hammering. Lots of Watergate out. The shaft will need a lot to be cleaned up its quite rough. Finally got a small enough puller to get the brake off. However I'm still working on getting the worm gear out. Should I clean up the shaft...
Thank you just got the keys out now I cannot get the drum any higher than in this picture. Is there anything else inside that I'm forgetting to take out so I can get the drum off. Also how do you get the brake off?
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Finally got that part off with the puller. Im trying the vice grips and punch unfortunately I just keep digging deeper bite marks with the vice grips. Any other tips to get these off?
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Forgot to answer the other. With a pry bar I can get the drum. 1/2 inch apart from the gear side. I can turn the shaft independently of the drum and vice versa.
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I couldn't get enough movement on either side to expose them enough try to remove them, unless all you need is for them to only be half exposed.
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Thank you for the TM I've bedn reading over it for a while. I've still not been able to dissemble it any further. I think mine might have a lot more rust issues than i thought. I still cannot get the drum off the shaft.
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My winch was jammed up and didn't want to engage so I decided to rebuild it. Truck is a 66 M35a2 was an M109a3.
After getting the winch off and taking out the brackets and hell of a bent up bar with a pipe wrench, I finally got the selector side off I've been trying to figure put how to get the...
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