Warn Industries Supports Expedition Portal

[evldave]

I rebuild my 9k warn winch, and I must say thier parts web site is great! They give you a nice exploded view so you can locate and identify the parts you need to replace. Its based off the numbers on the winch so you KNOW your getting the exact part you need.

I used to think all winches where created equil, until I needed to replace some parts on another brand I wont mention. talk about a pain in the butt to just find the parts I needed. Then I rebuilt the warn, it had a hard life in its previous owners hands, but all the parts I needed where easy to find. once it was done I discovered not only was it 1000lbs more pulling power but faster and didnt draw as much power doing so. I now have 3 warn winches my 9k, a 12k that needs a tiny bit of work and a 12k that needs a lot of work LOL. I plan on getting the first 12k ready and mount it on my 94 chevy K1500. And havent really made a plan for the other 12k YET.

Thanks Warn!

For anyone in the Portland, OR area, rather than spend a lot of time/effort on rebuilding your Warn, take it down to their service center in Milwaukie. I took an old M8000i I got free from an uncle, dropped it off and they rebuilt the control box (new solenoids), new controller (5-wire instead of 3 wire I think), all new cables, and went through the motor...total cost $108 out the door! I got way more stuff than I would have thought for that much, and it was done in less than a day. Nice guys, great service, and a lot easier than rebuilding it myself (probably more reliable too)

[Warn Industries]

For anyone in the Portland, OR area, rather than spend a lot of time/effort on rebuilding your Warn, take it down to their service center in Milwaukie. I took an old M8000i I got free from an uncle, dropped it off and they rebuilt the control box (new solenoids), new controller (5-wire instead of 3 wire I think), all new cables, and went through the motor...total cost $108 out the door! I got way more stuff than I would have thought for that much, and it was done in less than a day. Nice guys, great service, and a lot easier than rebuilding it myself (probably more reliable too)

Indeed, the WARN factory is an Authorized Service Center. You can find a complete list of Service Centers here: http://www.warn.com/corporate/authservicecenters.shtml

- Andy

[Balzer]

Nice! It seams like Six States Distributors does a little bit of everything here in Utah. Good to know they are a Warn authorized service center too. Thanks for that.

[Redline]

snip... they rebuilt the control box (new solenoids), new controller (5-wire instead of 3 wire I think), all new cables, and went through the motor...total cost $108 out the door! I got way more stuff than I would have thought for that much, and it was done in less than a day. Nice guys, great service, and a lot easier than rebuilding it myself (probably more reliable too)

That's a good tip, I don't live nearby by visiting nearby occasionally.
Sounds like a great deal/value to have them do the work.

[homemade]

Manufactured in Clackamas right? If so that would be the second thing this week I was shocked to find made in USA, the other was Rubbermaid ActionPacker, at least it said "made in USA" on the shipping box. It is sad that it is a suprise when I see "made in USA" rather than the ubiquitous "made in China" label.

It took longer to run down to the NAPA store to buy vacuum caps (3/16”) to block the lines than it did to install the hubs. Super easy, no mess, no fuss (except the filthy vacuum lines), I should have done this a year ago when my auto hubs started acting up on my ‘04 F350. I read that these hubs end up being recessed in the hubcaps (because they don’t stick out as much as the stock auto hubs) but this proved to be a non-issue. They are flush with the inside edge of the hubcap recess and don’t look out of place, if anything they look better than the stock units. I already don't miss the auto hub feature, at all.

Kudos to Warn

[jforse]

I love WARN! I have had a WARN on two of my Jeeps and hope to get one on my Ram Power Wagon clone!

[JeffRRC]

Thanks, Warn!

[FellowTraveler]

What ever happened to those great "Classic" bumpers? How long did this bumper remain in production? Will WARN ever revive it, or?

[Warn Industries]

Unfortunately, we don't offer the Classic bumper anymore; we stopped offering them in 2006. And, no plans to bring it back as far as I know.

- Andy

[bftank]

is it possible to get a replacement solenoid cover for the 8274, just the plastic cover?