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Sorry for your frustration "rosco" , but sometimes conversations "evolve" . Actually this thread started as a "what" happened to my "70" year old designed winch on a "70" year old truck design. The only way to "improve" it would be to replace all the key components with modern steel ones which...

Another thing to mention is that the factory winch is dependent on the transmission and PTO to function. Now PTO's are getting few and far between and you cannot even buy all the bearings to rebuild them anymore. So what happens when your PTO decides to head South ? Your stuck.

The Warn Severe Duty 18 series is far superior to the standard 4X4 winches out there. The electric winch needs far less mechanical devices to support them (Drivelines, PTO's, Shear Pins and such) . That is the reason the military went with them now instead of a mechanical winch. Yes all electric...

They both have good and bad points. The OEM winch can hold twice as much rope as the Warn 18 series and pull over 2,000 Ibs more. Now the electric can be operated with the engine off. No need to have two people "safely" run the winch. You can stand near by and watch what is happening, not stuck...