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02suburbanZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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My spare tires goes up and down fine but what i noticed is over time it lowers by itself. This is the 2nd time it happened and has done it since i removed it to have the tire re-sealed to the rim. Do i need a new winch?

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Can you over tighten it to the point where you break it or crack the plastic internals. Thats what worries me

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I'm sure that's possible and maybe it was broken before you got the Burban. I'm not sure if your's is the same as my 98, but being that your's is only 4 years newer than my old 98 I'm sure it's at least similar. I don't think that mechanism is well built anyways. I lowered mine only once that I remember and still worked fine. I'm sure all it takes is mud, dirt, sand and other road debris to get up in there and make it fail. You should have no problem finding the winch in a junkyard, or if you want a new one go to LMC truck. I used LMC 2 or 3 times, they pretty much have everything minus the frame up there. The shipping cost is a little high though.

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I'm sure that's possible and maybe it was broken before you got the Burban. I'm not sure if your's is the same as my 98, but being that your's is only 4 years newer than my old 98 I'm sure it's at least similar. I don't think that mechanism is well built anyways. I lowered mine only once that I remember and still worked fine. I'm sure all it takes is mud, dirt, sand and other road debris to get up in there and make it fail. You should have no problem finding the winch in a junkyard, or if you want a new one go to LMC truck. I used LMC 2 or 3 times, they pretty much have everything minus the frame up there. The shipping cost is a little high though.

I'll try to tighten it. Its so hard to get the tools out of the rear quarter of the suburban. If it does it again i'll just spend the 200$ on the mechanism. The 02 and 03 are different because mine does not have the secondary latch (thankfully)

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