I did a pm on my atv 2000 the other weekend, it had been under water several times,has been used alot and was becoming a little ruff sounding. Heres what I found, the motor end cap had some moisture in it also the gear sets(all metal) had some grit in them, I washed out all the gears etc. and re-greased everthing with Mobil 1 grease. The winch has no gaskets to keep out water, so I ran a small bead of clear silicone around all joints, works like new again!!! oh by the way the plastic housings on either side of the drum are what the metal gears run in so be careful not to let anyone jerk against your winch!!! plastic will strip!!!

 

Hello I am new on this forum.
A buddy of mine got a used Cat 300 4WD
with a Warn A2000 winch (1 ton).
We did not like the way in it was hooked up to the Batt.
To make a long story short there is no fuse or circuit braker in the line.
I went to the Warn winch web site and found this info:
Line pull in Lbs Motor amps
500 43
1000 70
1500 102
2000 145

Now I know the Cat 300 is about 600 Lbs.
But we can't see the electrical system even coming close to producing the
amount of power to make 1000 Lbs or 70 amp.
It would be nice to have a circuit breaker for about 75 amps .
The system should have safety other wise the you blow up the batt or set the
bike on fire!
Anyone have any feed back ?

 

That's a lotta amps!

I don't think any serious problem arises, however. At extreme pull, the wiring and the switch likely will get pretty hot; however, the winch motor will simply draw all the current it can from your system; if it ain't there, full torque won't be realized, but the winch will pull up to its maximum current availability.

With your quad engine running at a speed charging the battery (note specially, Polaris riders), short-term current surges should not, I think, damage either the battery or the charging system.

I believe in the A2000 Warn winches, an ignition-switch-controlled solenoid relay disconnects the switch hot wire when the quad is unmanned, protecting the arrangment from short-circuit damage or fire.

SuperWinch, on the other hand, uses a "ShortStop," a thermally-actuated overload protector in-line with the switch hot wire.

SuperWinch's new handlebar-mounted rocker switch, by the way, is rated for the 118 amps maximum of the SuperWinch ATV2000; however, not for the 145 amps of the Warn A2000.

I won't again discuss my recommendations for minimizing strain (and current draw) on winches and maximizing their extraction force (you're welcome!).

Tree Farmer

 

Your battery makes up for what your stator lacks in power, having said this your batt. will not run your winch for extended times especially during high ampdraw extractions, your best bet is to do as Treefarmer suggest and idle your atv at around 3000 rpm so that your stator is putting out decent power. Now for the circuit breaker thing, yea I called Warn tech. line with my concerns about not having a breaker, they said they didn't supply one with the kit and it wasn't necessary, go or blow I quess, I had some of the same concerns about shorting out etc. so I installed all my wiring inside vinyl tubing so it wouldn't wear agaisnt the frame!!! Works for me!!

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Harold Wells Raleigh NC 98 Wolverine& 97 Timberwolf Blueribbon Coalition Member

 

I also PM'ed my winch, and found it was filthy. There is absolutely no reason it couldn't be factory sealed. After all if you need the winch you are usually in the mud up to the headlights(or higher??), well over the top of the winch.

Incidently, anyone that is planning on putting a winch a 2000 Cat, make sure the wiring harness has the correct diode in it or in heavy winching you will fry your indicator lights on the dash.