Winch is one of the most necessarytools, which must be in every conqueror of off-road. Indeed, without this mechanism, it will be practically impossible to pull your car out of a ditch or ford. Some motorists buy ready-made winches and put them on power bumpers, while others make them with their own hands.
What could be a homemade winch?
It should be noted that devices of this kind are divided into several categories depending on the type of their design. So, a homemade car winch can be:
- manual;
- electric;
- hydraulic.
However, despite the different design, all threedevice types have the same principle of operation. It consists in the following: a steel cable is wound on a drum, which in turn rotates through the engine's gearbox or through the efforts of its own hands. To understand this in more detail, consider each of these types separately.
Electric Winches
Often in the work of these toolsThe automobile starter or the cargo generator is involved. Still such a self-made winch can work on a separately installed electric motor. In other cases, motorists alter the starter and alternator for operation in motor mode.
However, whatever the origin of this quinoait would have to have a high torque, so that the mechanism could pull a 2-ton huge jeep out of the ditch. And since the main energy for work is absorbed from the battery, motorists install batteries of higher capacity. But still, an electric motor, no matter how powerful it is, should not discharge the battery so much.
Hydraulic devices
The design of such winches is more complicated,rather than electrical analogs. Hydraulic tools are usually driven by an oil pump. Despite its large dimensions, winches of this type have great advantages - they provide the highest possible tractive effort, taking away the minimum energy from the vehicle’s electrical system. In addition to off-road vehicles, such self-made winches are installed on a tractor or motoblock.
Handheld devices
Данные инструменты изготавливаются по такому же principle, like everyone else. However, here the role of the engine does not at all the starter and not the oil pump, all efforts are made manually, that is, through the efforts of man.
How to make?
The drum with cable is the key point from whichany self-made winch consists. The drawings of this device must be as accurate as possible so that the mechanism works correctly and reliably. It is good if you have such a drum in the finished state, because it is much more difficult to make it with your own hands.
How to make your own drum?To do this, take a piece of pipe with thick walls, and with the help of electrodes and welding machine attach to it cheeks 5 millimeters thick. To one of the last details you need to attach the driven gear. The pipe itself is supplied with seats for bearings.
You can make a drum for the winch and othersin a way. To do this, you need to have a few hubs from any "Lada" or "Volga". They should be machined place for welding and attach the halves on the mandrel of the desired diameter to achieve alignment of all parts.
Gearbox is best to take with a large gearnumber (worm type). The main advantage of such a mechanism is the absence of the need to create a drum brake. Most often, motorists purchase a gearbox from trolleybus doors - it is easiest to mount it on the landing.
If you decide to make a homemade winch driven by a starter, it is best to take a model with a planetary gear. That was the source of the early Zhiguli motors.
To create a mechanism with a starter, first thingneed to prepare a platform of metal sheet. It is necessary to weld the seats to which the drum shaft will be mounted later. After that, the gearbox primary shaft is installed here.
To the gearbox mounted on top mounted homemadeadapter. We need it in order to install the starter. A gear with a certain tooth module is mounted on the primary shaft. After the starter is finally attached to the structure. At the final stage, the posting is done. Everything is now so The winch can be put on the car.
How to install self-made winch from the starter on an SUV?
The first step is to determine the exact location.to accommodate this equipment. It is best to fix the winch in the center of the bumper, and at the bottom of it. If this is an imported SUV with a plastic bumper, then, naturally, it will not withstand the load of 2-2.5 tons, and will simply come off the body. Therefore, instead of plastic we put a durable, steel (force) impactor.
Next on the power bumper to dometal plate for the winch. The thickness of the steel sheet must be at least 0.5 cm. Then holes are marked and drilled with an electric drill.
Now the metal pad is ready for installation.on the bumper. It is worth noting that the winch is mounted here at the very last stage. First, the plate is attached to the bumper, and then a traction mechanism is attached to it. If it is an electrical device, the control panel is additionally connected to the vehicle’s on-board network. The connection with it is as follows: the “plus” is connected to the positive terminal of the battery, and the “minus”, respectively, to the negative. Everything, at this stage, the installation of the winch on an SUV can be considered complete.
What else is useful this device?
One of the main features of homemademechanisms of this kind is the possibility of their use for other purposes. This means that a homemade winch at UAZ can at any time move heavy loads on the backyard.
Nuances
However, this tool has its ownrestrictions. Self-made winches are not entirely safe, and therefore not suitable for lifting loads, since they do not have a stopper. However, having made this tool once, you will not be afraid of the fact that your iron friend is stuck on the roads. At any time, a self-made winch can pull an SUV out of a ditch, no matter how deep it may be.
