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Patman

Member Since: 16 Aug 2019
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 314

2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 GS Auto Zermatt Silver

spare wheel winch

hi all here's a daft question.
dropped the spare on my D3 and now can't get it back up again is there a knack or is the winch fubared?
it barely lifts the cable alone

14th Sep 2019 7:53 pm

aja4x4

Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2459

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Zambezi Silver

You cant lift the cable on its own it twists the cable up and knackers the winch.

I saved mine by hanging on the cable while somebody worked the winch back and forth until it freed itself

14th Sep 2019 10:09 pm

galwaygreen

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525

2016 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 Graphite LE Auto Loire Blue

as said...don't let cable go slack..wind up with tension on it.

14th Sep 2019 11:26 pm

Patman

Member Since: 16 Aug 2019
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 314

I have the wheel on it it just hangs and doesn’t move

15th Sep 2019 7:24 am

galwaygreen

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525

need to try to unwind completely then try going up again...probably tangled

15th Sep 2019 12:48 pm

L319

Member Since: 14 Dec 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 2080

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Buckingham Blue

You will need to carefully unwind the cable keeping a significant pull on it all the time . It may need a few turns in & out to free it off

15th Sep 2019 1:18 pm

Patman

Member Since: 16 Aug 2019
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 314

That’s guys guess that’s my rest day sorted 😆

15th Sep 2019 5:48 pm

Patman

Member Since: 16 Aug 2019
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 314

Well I stripped the winch but to no avail reckon there’s a part missing as there is no friction to wind cable back.

17th Sep 2019 2:44 pm

gstuart

Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13635

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 Base 7 Seat Auto Java Black

If u do have to get another winch , just a quick heads up there’s a modified one now that has a steel sleeve over the end

Used in conjunction with a RLD spare wheel protector plate sold from this great gent

https://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/member-rld.html

17th Sep 2019 7:11 pm

Patman

Member Since: 16 Aug 2019
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 314

Thanks tis the way to go I believe

18th Sep 2019 12:01 am

Dodgy

Member Since: 24 Jan 2008
Location: Chichester
Posts: 7

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual Zambezi Silver

spare wheel winch strip down

The problem is common and a design fault. So many hundreds have been replaced by dealers and forum members.

A common cause is following a puncture to put the punctured wheel in the boot rather than put it back under the car. The cable is then winched up until taught to stop it swinging and this creates a kink in the cable. Some users have proposed to straighten the kink but that still leaves the deformed barrel to work on.

The winch does not appear to be a particularly complex component (hence the design fault?) and after market winches cost as little as £35 on ebay and can be replaced in 10 mins. Dodgy Landy
LR3
Defender 90 N/A - 1986
Defender 90 XS

24th Nov 2019 1:30 pm

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