I drained a fair amount of leaked oil from the dry/brake side. I've cleaned out the housing but the brake bands have definitely been oil soaked.
My understanding is this is a common issue and the typical solution is to torch the brake bands to burn off the oil and then they are good until you have to do it again at a future time due to their common issue with leaking.
This might be a stupid question, but when people do this are they removing the brake bands from the winch before torching them, or doing it on the winch?
For removal is it as simple as unhooking the yellow springs and backing out the pin at the top of the bands to free it and slide it off? Anything else to be aware of during removal and reinstall?
Also, is there any value in replacing the blue shaft seal to help slow/prevent future leaks or is that not the likely cause?
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