tylertakesphotos
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I've never had an issue with a Warn before, always held up to their reputation for market leading winches and this issue doesn't change my mind at all, however, I'm at a loss here. When I bought my JKU I was happy that it already had this winch on it, a Powerplant Dualforce (I was told it was a 12K, but I'm pretty sure its actually a 9.5) and I was pretty stoked to see that so that I wouldn't have to do all that again coming into this rig from my old one (had an onboard air setup and winch on my Toyota). Warn advertises some pretty impressive specs on the compressor and that it will fill a set of 37s in 10-15 minutes, something like that.
Well, the compressor is for sure having issues. It took close to 15 minutes to fill a single tire from 9psi to 26psi and will not fill my 37s past 26.5 - 27psi at all. On the last trip out I gave up and used RESURECTIONJK's ARB twin which filled them all in minutes. Not good. I checked the filter on the line and even took it off to test, replaced all the fittings on my airline and the compressor, etc... no change.
I have not had a chance to really use the winch itself, but I did make sure to tension the line. It did pull the line, but it didn't feel as strong as it should. Now, if this really is a 9.5K winch that would make sense as I came from a 12K Warn in my old rig. I could be just imagining things as I only tensioned the line on the pavement so far.
So, I called Warn and unfortunately was told that these Powerplant Dualforce winches have been discontinued and they can not service them as they no longer make parts for them. The service rep basically told me that it sounds like the piston seal in the compressor is likely bad and they can't fix that. If the motor on the winch itself is bad, it's most likely from underuse. I agree, as the PO likely actually never winched on it, he did not wheel hard or often at all in this (I knew him personally).
The question I'm getting at here is to see if anyone has any ideas outside buying a very expensive winch and also onboard air setup to get my Warn up and running top again without Warn's help I suppose. I've seen at least Eddie running these on his rigs in videos, maybe someone else around here has run into similar issues with these? I'm pretty bummed about it, this winch & onboard air setup was a great selling point on the rig. I've already invested a lot of money into the rig since buying it getting it to where I want and I'm not looking forward to dropping more big coin on these parts. Any thoughts, ideas, or experience?
Thanks!
. Thanks a ton for the offer on the drive belt Eddie, I'll let you know if I find an issue with the one on it for sure. Curious, how does this compressor handle filling your 40s? If it does well on yours, mine is having problems for certain. Thanks for your input, it is highly valued.
