Need a little help. The first day I got my Prairie 700, I rolled it and broke off the mini-rocker switch that was attached way high on the handlebars. After turning the quad back over, I heard a noise. The switch was broken and letting out the cable - only problem was that I wasn't there pulling the cable out. The cable was just spinning around inside and got very tangled. I finally found where the switch connected to the contactor and disconnected it. I put a new switch in, hooked the cable up to the back of my van and yanked the cable out. Now when I hit the winch switch, it just makes a loud clicking sound. Is my contactor bad, or do I need a whole new winch. Oh - a guy told me to test the winch by connecting jumper cables to the winch directly from the battery. The winch did turn, but very slowly.

Thanks for your help.

Nathan

 

They do turn slowly.

As for the clicking noise, if this winch has a free-spooling mechanism,make sure it's fully in one position or another.

 

My winch will click when the battery on my atv is weak so check the voltage on ur battery and maybe charge it.

 

I feel like a complete idiot for admitting this, but I figured out what it was.........

I forgot to hook the positive cable back up to the battery that lead from the winch or the contactor (I am not sure which). The sound I was hearing was just the contactor working properly. That is not one of the smartest things I have done!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

Thanks for the tips.

 

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Gee, I think you're the only one to have ever done that!


Glad you found the problem!