winch trouble

[curtisbyrne]

i use my argo for plowing its a 3500 warn and when i hit the out button it goes in and when i press out nothing and i cant free spool it out the blade is all the way up and there is tension on. worked fine didnt notice anything unusual before it failed

[mowbizz]

i use my argo for plowing its a 3500 warn and when i hit the out button it goes in and when i press out nothing and i cant free spool it out the blade is all the way up and there is tension on. worked fine didnt notice anything unusual before it failed

I had a winch cable bind up on itself so bad that I couldn’t move it. Right during plowing season too.
Had to trailer it to a shop to have them replace the winch. I got the old winch back and gave it away and I swapped the steel cable for a synthetic cable and never had the binding problem again.
Is the cable on yours steel or synthetic?

[scimanstev]

I had a winch cable bind up on itself so bad that I couldn’t move it. Right during plowing season too.
Had to trailer it to a shop to have them replace the winch. I got the old winch back and gave it away and I swapped the steel cable for a synthetic cable and never had the binding problem again.
Is the cable on yours steel or synthetic?

That's good advice. I use a synthetic cable, and not only does it not bind up, but you don't need gloves to handle the cable.

Steve

[mowbizz]

That's good advice. I use a synthetic cable, and not only does it not bind up, but you don't need gloves to handle the cable.

Steve

Hi Steve! Yes but I forgot to say it was on a Polaris 4 wheeler, not my Argo!
I Have yet to use the winch on my Argo so the steel cable is still new!
I should put a synthetic one on but it’s for sale and new so what would be the point...
Still shredding the fields and woods up with juggernaught?

[ARGOJIM]

i use my argo for plowing its a 3500 warn and when i hit the out button it goes in and when i press out nothing and i cant free spool it out the blade is all the way up and there is tension on. worked fine didnt notice anything unusual before it failed

Depending on which solenoid set up you have it could be a failed solenoid. You could test outputs at switch and solenoid, to simply test the winch just reverse the wires there.

[curtisbyrne]

its synthetic rope

[msafi65]

Like Jim said if the winch runs one direction you can switch wires at the winch motor. I test run winches with a known good battery and jumper cables. Switching cables on terminals runs winch opposite direction. You need to do this to get a jambed up one free again.

[curtisbyrne]

ok will do that.

[grease monkey]

How did you make out after?

[curtisbyrne]

ha you know how it is one of them round to its. machine is in the shed and havnt bothered since. the old honda snowblower is doing just fine for now!

[Noel Woods]

I just helped a friend out who had the same problem. His issue was that he wound the cable tightly over itself and only had about 9' of cable he could use. It was so tight that even two full sized men couldn't free it up. Finally we came upon the idea to attach the free end to a tree and backed the machine up while the winch was in free spool. It freed it up and we got the cable rewound properly. That was on a four wheeler with a mount that the owner couldn't see the cable as it wound up. We then fabricated another winch mount where he could see the cable wind up on the drum.

[curtisbyrne]

i got rope so i really dont think my line is bound up