That only happens on mine if I put it away messy.

After use, it needs to be unspooled and wrapped back under tension on
the drum. If you don't do this, the last use has forced the cable to
cut down through the windings on the next row down, this can really jam
up the cable and it will start to fray the cable pretty fast if left or
used like this.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Zenteren wrote:
>
> I'm owner of Warn M6000 12V winch. It is old for about 1 year and now when I
> disengage the drum (freespooling) I need to pull cable really hard to rotate
> drum. In some cases it is even impossible to freespool cable out, and then
> the only way is to use remote control. Anybody here knows the trick how to
> repair it???
>
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