Should I rebuild my Warn M12000?

[greenenvy]

When I bought my car hauler it came with a winch of unknown make and condition. I didn't have the time to tear into it at the time and thought it was a 8000 lb Warn.  The way it was mounted made it difficult to see the whole thing or the label on it.  I used it for the past 4 months and the brake has let go on it finally.  It also seems to be lacking power now.  I NEED a winch on my trailer so I went out and bought one at Princess Auto the other night.  They had the Keeper 13,500 model on sale and the reviews I found seemed ok.
SO I pull the old winch off the trailer yesterday and discover it is a older Warn M12000!!  I'm quite happy with this surprise!  My question is should I look into rebuilding it or my next question is does anyone know of someone around the Amherst area that can rebuild it for me?  From what I am finding these winches still fetch a decent dollar so I suspect it's well worth rebuilding.
thanks

[GOAT]

No.... toss it away..... I am sure someone on here will take it for scrap.....lol...

Hell give it a try rebuilding it.... what do you have to lose?

[Creepy]

Yep, a very good unit. A lot of times its simply bad electrical connections making it work poorly. Especially the motor ground.

The gear side you can rebuild yourself, its basically a dis-assembly/cleaning/lube job. The motor side can be tested at an electric motor shop and rebuilt there if needed.

[greenenvy]

I figured it was worth rebuilding. I will start tearing into it and see what it needs. The brake is shot for sure and I heard that's the most expensive part. But even if it costs me $500 to rebuild that still seems reasonable for what it is.