I bought a cheap no name one for about $300 off ebay for a trip with every intention of replacing it with brand name winch as soon as possible.
I had it for 7 years, fitted it to two Wranglers, did several deep water crossings in it both fresh and salt water, pulled several vehicles out of both mud and sand and it never missed a beat.
All I ever did was put decent grease in the gearbox and replaced the wire cable with a rope.
It's still going strong for the new owner of my JK.
I've got an Ironman 4x4 winch now on the GC and it's really no better than the old Chinese cheapy.
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Cheers,
Jamie
MY15 WK2 GC Limited 3.0L. Ironman lift, bullbar & winch. Uneek rack & sliders
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