First let me thank this forum for all the info I have received from it for the past year. I read and search on everything I can before asking questions.

I might be jumping the gun a little, but I have a new Warn 3.0 ce winch along with the multimount kit coming tomorrow, and want to be prepared, and get it running as fast as I can when I get it.

Just a few questions...

1. Any special tools or item that I should have on hand?

2. Has anyone installed the multimount on a Rubicon before?

3. Any special electrical considerations I should make when installing. I know that there is two wiring connections (front/back) that need to be made. Does anything need to be waterproofed?

4. I've read a lot of people put the wiring connections in their toolbox, will this work with the multimount kit.

5. Where does the winch sit when it is on the back of the ATV?, how high?

6. How long for the install?

7. (slightly OT) What other winching accessories do you all recommend? I know there's an accessory kit available that has a ****** block, shackles, and tree trunk protectors, should this cover my general wiching needs? I don't know how a ****** block works or how it's used, so bare with me. And I'm assuming that you mount the shackles somewhere on the ATV. I think I can figure out how a tree trunk protector works.

If this installation goes well, I'm planning on installing the multimount kit on my Foreman S too, so the two can share the winch. Do you think this is necessary, since both ATV are always ridin together (me and wife).

Thanks in advance

OhRubiRider

 

bump...anyone?

 

I havent installed that particular set up before but I'll post what I know.

First, all electrical connections should receive a good coat of dielectric grease when your doing your installation. This prevents corrosion and mud and water from getting at the connections.

There is a large soleniod/relay with the kit. The basic function of it, is the swithch you operate the winch with uses small wiring and really only tells the relay what to do. The relay actually does the work, switching the larger load to the winch motor. This saves on having to run many large cables to the switch for the winch to operate.

The wiring in the trunk your reffering to is probably a good location to mount this relay. On formans, alot of people mount it under the fuse box behind the battery. Having not seen under the seat of a rubi I dont know if there's enough room for the relay there, si I guess the rear sotrage box is as good a place as any. Make sure you seal the holes for the wires going into the box with some silicone.

Special tools??? I dunno. The wiring should have the ends already terminated, if you have the tools you can cut off the connectors and shorten the wires as necessary, re applying new connectors. If not, tie up the slack and neatly secure it to the frame out of harms way.

The multimount on the other bike is a good idea. Sometimes it may not be convienient to have to trudge out to the stuck bike with the winch....but that may not ever happen.

I have the ****** block kit. The tree saver strap is great, obviously you wrap it around a tree to save the bark but it has other uses. I use mine, every time I set up the cable. Some people will wrap the winch cable around the solid object and connect it back on itself. this is not a good idea because it puts alot of strain on one part of the cable and often results in failure (especially when the cable gets old). Use the tree saver to go around what you hooking too and hook the winch hook to the strap.

There are a couple of uses for ****** blocks, the most common is to attach the pully to a tree (using the tree saver strap and the included connector), run the cable around the pully and connect the hook back on the chassis of the bike that the winch is on. When you sinch now, you have doubled your pulling power, essentially the same as having a 6000lb winch.

 

All installed, thanks for the info. Wiring was the hardest part.