Thank you now we are getting somewhere. It has been soaking in WD40 for 4 days and is still as tight on the axil as if they was welded together. Blow torch have not been tried yet. Will try that at first oppotunity.

Thank you Dr. Evil, I love you to ;-) It is what happens when you are still writing while other have already submitted posts. It is due the the forum settings. And DLRK is not ****, just insufficient.

Oh I'm sorry - Hi. Not sure what a Hi is good for other than being useless fill that takes longer to read and take up server space. I'm more in to getting to the point and staying on topic. It makes it a lot easier using the threats for future refferance and quick researching on the subject...

Me and my mate have recently gotten our hands on some older warn 8274 winches cheaply, that we plan on restoring and getting back in to service. The overall condition of the winches are fairly good, but being from '77 and '78 they do need a thorough service a few new parts, even though they...