# Newman's Snowboard/Wakeboard winch build... **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [October 12, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427 "2010-10-12T19:48:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/61 "2010-11-29T06:40:46Z")
This is done and ready to be powdercoated! Did a test run on it in the 8" of snow in OP and it was fucking awesome. The foot activated release mechanism (which no other winch has) works really well (see below) and makes pulling the line out WAY easier. There are some bad things, though: 1. I accidentally throttled up when I meant to throttle down and the winch handle got lodged in the fairlead. The sudden shock bent the pins on the release mechanism, so I need to beef that up, as this will probably happen again. 2. I didn’t put enough oil in it hen I ran it and blew up the first motor. I just bought a 6.5 HP motor from harbor freight and it seems to work well. Not as powerful, but if will work for snowboarding for sure. I don’t have any pics of the full assembly, but here are some in process pics… ![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1206.snc4/155846_500061934364_764659364_7248753_7776674_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1206.snc4/155846_500061934364_764659364_7248753_7776674_n.jpg) ![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs490.ash2/76298_498061874364_764659364_7214855_1343650_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs490.ash2/76298_498061874364_764659364_7214855_1343650_n.jpg) ![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1196.snc4/154809_498061074364_764659364_7214842_4847263_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1196.snc4/154809_498061074364_764659364_7214842_4847263_n.jpg) ![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1160.snc4/150199_498061504364_764659364_7214845_8062202_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1160.snc4/150199_498061504364_764659364_7214845_8062202_n.jpg) ![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1201.snc4/155387_498061629364_764659364_7214847_4903831_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1201.snc4/155387_498061629364_764659364_7214847_4903831_n.jpg) More pics and video coming soon. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/62 "2010-11-29T08:14:49Z")
that sucks the first motor blew because of the oil level, im assuming you checked it b4 hand? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/63 "2010-11-29T08:58:46Z")
I did. the dipstick was a motorfucker to read, and I think must have made contact with oil on the sides of the tube, because there was definitely hardly any oil in it when I took it apart. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/64 "2010-11-29T09:41:48Z")
Ahh that sucks. I’m definitely in to hit some urban features with this as soon as the snow flies. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/65 "2010-11-29T09:56:40Z")
Damn, that blows. You should see if Northern Tool will take it as a defective unit. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/66 "2010-11-29T10:46:36Z")
It’s 100% my fault. I don’t feel entitled to a replacement. Why should anyone else pay for my fuckup. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/67 "2010-11-29T11:10:01Z")
> [@newman](#): > > It’s 100% my fault. I don’t feel entitled to a replacement. Why should anyone else pay for my fuckup. If you care enough about being honest, go ahead and suck it up. If you return it, Northern Tool will just end up sending it back to the manufacturer who will then rebuild it and sell it back to Northern Tool as “factory reconditioned”, and in the end Northern Tool/Manufacturer will not lose out on all that much money. These losses are built into their business plan. Nobody will lose their job, and you’re not gonna put Northern Tool or the Manufacturer out of business. ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/68 "2010-11-29T11:13:16Z")
From what I hear, the 6.5 HP engines from china are Honda clones, and fairly good quality. That sucks you cooked the big Briggs. Did it just seize, or somehow grenade? I seized a power washer before from running without oil, and it still runs years later after a little oil down the cyl and a top off. It idles like shit, however. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/69 "2010-11-29T11:49:13Z")
Business plan or not, I fucked it up, I’ll take responsibility. In the past I have done stuff like that and I don’t like the way I feel after cheating the system. The bore is pretty trashed. I already tore it down: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/PISTON.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/PISTON.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/70 "2010-11-29T11:50:26Z")
ouch, that looks bad ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/71 "2010-11-29T11:52:01Z")
It’s not even a sleeved aluminum bluck, it’s just raw uncoated aluminum. Weird. The only oversize piston is just +.020 I’m doubting that will take it off… ---
**Author:** ![Z28pr0jekt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/z28pr0jekt/32/5393_2.png) [@Z28pr0jekt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Z28pr0jekt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/72 "2010-11-29T12:55:56Z")
Custom forged pistons + nitrous = super jumps lol ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/73 "2010-11-29T13:29:21Z")
i have a 440cc polaris 2 stoke engine if you want it 🙂 gimme what its worth in scrap and its yours ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/74 "2010-11-29T18:36:08Z")
I bet fresh rings, and hand scuff the bore wet and and sand the piston and it’ll run fine, lol. Lawn mowers have the tolerances of a barn door. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/75 "2010-11-30T11:15:53Z")
![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1188.snc4/151014_501173919364_764659364_7267707_2664154_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1188.snc4/151014_501173919364_764659364_7267707_2664154_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/76 "2010-11-30T14:28:08Z")
> [@Spam16v](#): > > I bet fresh rings, and hand scuff the bore wet and and sand the piston and it’ll run fine, lol. Lawn mowers have the tolerances of a barn door. +1 I’ve personally done this on a couple mower engines and they work fine!! ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/77 "2010-12-01T05:47:37Z")
Powdercoated and ready to rock. Added a huge E-stop on the top, just in case… ![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1175.snc4/154704_501434769364_764659364_7271344_6305929_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1175.snc4/154704_501434769364_764659364_7271344_6305929_n.jpg) ![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1228.snc4/156061_501434944364_764659364_7271347_1526392_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1228.snc4/156061_501434944364_764659364_7271347_1526392_n.jpg) ![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1233.snc4/156511_501435114364_764659364_7271351_3999693_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1233.snc4/156511_501435114364_764659364_7271351_3999693_n.jpg) ![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs586.ash2/150833_501435329364_764659364_7271353_2997809_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs586.ash2/150833_501435329364_764659364_7271353_2997809_n.jpg) ![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1199.snc4/155144_501435639364_764659364_7271356_5684943_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1199.snc4/155144_501435639364_764659364_7271356_5684943_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/78 "2010-12-01T06:09:59Z")
add gold works, will look just like the bmw ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/79 "2010-12-01T06:40:08Z")
I hate you and your access to resources. Very impressive work. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-snowboard-wakeboard-winch-build/161427/80 "2010-12-01T07:14:51Z")
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