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JD 350C Winch Questions

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jay glover

01-31-2005 08:45:01




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I recently purchased a 350C crawler loader. It has a winch but the owners manual states it is controled by the far right lever. After a little investigating I have found out the lever mentioned is not hooked up for the winch. Instead it is to a hudrolic cylander used for a clam-shell bucket. Additionally I can see a clevis under the seat that is conected to a control center on the winch. Question: How do I get this thing hooked up and working. I was told the winch was completely re-worked prior to my purchas. How much of this is true goes without saying put I do see new bolts and a new winch filter. It has an idintification plate on it model # John Deere 3315 manufactured in Iowa.

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GLewis

02-01-2005 04:59:22




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 Re: JD 350C Winch Questions in reply to jay glover, 01-31-2005 08:45:01  
As Jdemaris stated, there should be a valve attached to the winch or directly under the seat to control the winch. It is operated by a cable that attaches to a handle mounted to the operators right just below the arm rest. The winch is operated from the tractors pto. It has no other hydraulic connections to the tractor. The winch has it's own hydraulic pump that supplies hydraulic to operate the winching and brake holding bands. The winch is tough and bullet proof. It is simply a car/truck ring and pinion gear inside a heavy housing that drives the cable drum. The same winch was used exclusively on the Deere cable skidders. Sounds like you need the spool valve and cable control.

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jdemaris

02-01-2005 06:28:17




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 Re: JD 350C Winch Questions in reply to GLewis, 02-01-2005 04:59:22  
I don't consider them bullet-proof. The main driving parts ARE extremely rugged. But, that being said, I spent more time on service calls, to loggers, fixing winches than any other problem. Seemed they were constantly developing oil leaks internally, ruining brake bands and clutch disks - along with the multitude of failed rotary control valves, and a little less often, failed hydraulic pumps. Those tiny little Webster pumps only had to get a little wear and they'd stop working when warm at low speed/engine idle. Deere kept coming up with updated parts for the winches; I assume at some point the winches got more reliable. But, when I left in 1991, we were still having constant problems - especially on the skidders since they tended to have more logs behind them - thus the brake band had to hold more weight. One thing though, I only got called out on the machines that had problems, I didn't get to visit many good ones. You can save a lot of headaches with the power winches if you take the clutch/brake side drain plug out once in a while and check for moisture (water or oil).

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jdemaris

01-31-2005 19:38:52




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 Re: JD 350C Winch Questions in reply to jay glover, 01-31-2005 08:45:01  
There is supposed to be a control cable that has a lever on one end, and the other end hooks to a hydraulic control valve on the winch. If the lever and cable is not there, then the winch is not hooked up. Your winch originally had a small, square shaped, rotary hydraulic control valve, mounted on the back of the winch near the filter. Deere had a lot of trouble with these valves and came out with change over kits to covert them to conventional spool type hydraulic control valve.

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Bernard le mécano

01-31-2005 16:20:10




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 Re: JD 350C Winch Questions in reply to jay glover, 01-31-2005 08:45:01  
Hi, this winch have a pump in the case, when the PTO turn, the pump allow pressure to release the brake band and apply pressure on the clutch. The valve have 3 position on it, push in: unroll, middle: hold the load, pull out: winch. When you unroll, it have a lock position on the valve. I have a winch like that on my farm tractor, for log hauling. Very nice equipment. Bernard le mécano Québec Canada

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