They are known for going wrong, I am not aware of a fix.
Looks like a call to the Large one.
"I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you read is not what I meant"
Recieved mine from The Large One last month as my old one also jammed. It cost about 40 quid and was really easy to replace, just a matter of unbolting the old one and bolting on the new one.
Just remember to keep the winch under pressure when winding it in, I think one of the causes of mine jamming was winding the winch in without the weight of the spare wheel when I had to take it off for repair.As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way
Disco XXV
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16th Aug 2009 9:04 pm
stevebaker
Member Since: 11 Jun 2010
Location: Riyadh
Posts: 2
I ran into a problem with mine about 6 months ago. There is obviously a problem with them - in my part of the world at least - because no dealer in the Middle East has one in stock (even after 6 months).
I know what caused the problem, which doesn't necessarily help with a repair but may stop somebody else from suffering with the issue in the first place. I've suffered a few puncture while desert driving, and have swapped out the spare whenever necessary. No problems there, as I always use the (woefully inadequate) LR lug wrench to lower and raise the spare wheel.
However, when I've taken the car to a tyre dealer for a repair/replacement, it never occured to me to stop the technicians there from using the air wrench to lower the spare wheel on the winch.......
Yes, you've got it now, using the air wrench damages the gear drive inside the sealed unit, to the extent that the drive eventually just 'slips' whenever the drive nut is turned at the top.
I did have an engineer friend take the sealed unit to pieces to identify the problem and attempt a repair - if possible. The weakness appears to be with the excessive wear on the transfer drive on the cable spool.
The repaired item does now work, but only in a limited fashion. It will lower the spare perfectly, but raising it is a little more tricky; the weight has to be supported a little and the gear slips again as soon as the wheel reached the top end of travel. (It doesn't shake loose at all, though.)
I've eventually managed to buy a new replacement in UK, which will shortly be fitted. I'll then have the original unit stripped down again to see if a permanent fix can be achieved.
THe lesson to be learnt? NEVER use an air wrench to lower/raise the spare wheel.
11th Jun 2010 6:54 pm
Andrew Hebron
Member Since: 16 Jan 2009
Location: Teddington
Posts: 501
AVE wrote:
I think one of the causes of mine jamming was winding the winch in without the weight of the spare wheel when I had to take it off for repair.
stevebaker wrote:
The lesson to be learnt? NEVER use an air wrench to lower/raise the spare wheel.
^^^wot they said.Andrew
11th Jun 2010 10:06 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73078
Steve try PMing The Large One, our resident parts god from Yeovil LR, he'll prob be able to ship one to you. You'll need another 3 posts til you can PM though.
11th Jun 2010 10:57 pm
Jeffa
Member Since: 14 Mar 2010
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 15
After only 500kms, I had a puncture and expeienced problems with the spare wheel winch cable which seized.
Took this back to the dealer who said the problem is when winding in the cable withour any weight on in, the cable tangles.
So I aksed what I should do when I needed to leave the spare at the tyre repair shop. His answer was to wait until it was fixed !!!
This is a ridiculous answer, as in this case, the tyre required a larger plug which needed to be ordered in.
The dealer has replaced this unit under warranty, but said they would only do this once.
The whole spare wheel mechanism is poorly designed in my opinion.
Has anyone got any advice of how you can retratct the cable without causing it to seize ?
14th Jul 2010 5:00 am
CHRISS
Member Since: 30 Jan 2010
Location: STOKE ON TRENT
Posts: 103
Zip tie the cable out of the way until the wheel is repaired
15th Jul 2010 1:23 pm
Andrew Hebron
Member Since: 16 Jan 2009
Location: Teddington
Posts: 501
Yes - had the same issue and the only answer was to replace the entire unit (under warranty, fortunately). As Chriss says, it may not be ideal, but just avoid using it if empty - not worth the hassle.Andrew
15th Jul 2010 3:57 pm
sarumlight
Member Since: 06 Nov 2008
Location: Off the Plain
Posts: 1592
Quote:
Zip tie the cable out of the way until the wheel is repaired
Or loop it through the recovery point if you don't have a zip tie handy.
Been there, done that, fortunately got the new winch under warranty...
This may have been done to death but I have written a repair procedure for the repair of the Disco 3/4 and RR Sport wheel winch if its any use. Its a PDF document so hopefully anyone can open it. If not contact me and I will email a copy. Good luck.
12th Jul 2013 1:34 am
Martin Site Admin and Owner
Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 18561
Member Since: 29 Oct 2011
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 511
I used this repair procedure last week. Worked perfectly. Thank you for going to the effort of explaining it.Discovery 4 3.0 HSE 2010 year. I like it a lot. Now with winch 😂
26th Jun 2018 11:00 am
life - live it
Member Since: 14 Apr 2017
Location: Behind you
Posts: 1035
Winch
Happened to me, I decided to buy a new one. Less than £50
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