Winch problems just started...

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  1. #11
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    Mar 2016
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    UPDATE !
    O.k, so its working ! But when i tell you guys how i "fixed it" you will likely say im either an idiot or full of crap... i tried hooking up jumper cables directly to the batery from the posts on the winch, to see if it would turn with direct power. It did not, it ark'd and the cables got hot, like if you were to hook poss to neg.. so i thought the winch must be "stuck" ... so i used a leather glove to cushion the blows and tapped the winch motor with a hammer all over it.. then i hit it with power and it turned about a quarter turn and stopped again, i repeated the tapping over and over again until when I hit it with power it turn freely in either direction , so I let out a whole bunch and then wound it all up.
    Here's to hoping it continues to work in the future.
    As always, Thanks for the help guys.
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  2. #12
    sometimes thats all anything needs whether it is an object or a human lol

  3. #13
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    Good to hear, I forgot about the k.i.s.s. method all together.


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  4. #14
    This happened to my winch. I had my boffin look at it and it was a poor cheap solenoid. He opened the box and said right away they the solenoid was a cheap one and not up to the job. He changed it and we have never had a problem since. We have recently fitted a winch at the rear as well, for loading deer and changed the cheap nasty solenoid with a decent one before we fitted it. Ebay winches are great value, but they save money on low cost parts and the weakest of these is the solenoid, and it does aload of work

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