When I finished installing a Gorilla 3000# winch on my Sportsman 450, I was happy the winch turned but in on the switch is out and out is in.


This winch mounts upside down using the model specific mount I received with the winch. So the cable is feeding over the top of the spool. I assume default is coming from the bottom.

It seems my simple, but not immediately obvious to me, solution is to pull the length of the cable out and then wind it in pressing the "in" side of my toggle.

There isn't a problem with that is there?

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I dont know, But maybe someone else may know[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Why not just swap the positive and negative wires on the winch. That's basically all the switch does.

 

Ding ding ding we have a winner. There's no switch in the winch that reverses it. The polarity of the wires going to the winch are alternated depending on which button you hit. If you switch the wires around then the switches should be correct.

 

Yes I knew that. I lived on a sailboat in Mexico for 13 years. One of the many things I learned about 12 volt systems was to keep connections properly matched red-red etc. I'd rather mark the switch somehow.

 

Well here's one for ya. I just installed the same winch on my new 700 twin and noticed the same thing with the switch, in is out and vice versa.

So I freespooled the cable off and was winding it back on the spool and happened to touch the steel cable to the winch mount and sparks started flying. Got out the voltmeter and sure enough there is 12 volts on the winch cable when the switch is to the "in" position.

I've sent an email to Gorilla and am waiting for a response......[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

 

mine was the same way so i just pulled all the cable out and wound it back in

 

all you have to do is reverse the cables where they bolt on the winch and it will be fine.

 

That's up to you, but at the winch positive and negative don't matter. When you real line in positive is sent to one post, and when you let line out positive is sent to the other post. Switching them isn't gonna hurt anything cause pushing the button the opposite way does the exact same thing, and that seems to me to be the easiest way to fix the problem.