hi every body,went out quadding last night,got stuck in some mud,when i was letting my warn winch out,all of a sudden it quit working,and shut down the quad, the winch would work ok if i reeled it in ,but when i tried to let line out,it wouldn't work and it seemed to be sucking power from battery,actually ,when trying to let line out ,battery light came on and lights would dim, again it seems to work fine when i need to pull line in,only when letting line out it won't work,had to pull line out on frewheel rest of trip,not alot of fun,any one got a suggestion what could be the trouble,can't go back out for as ride with this problem not fixed. thanks

 

It sounds like a a bad contactor relay. I've gone thru 2 of them so far. Can you hear it click when you go to let the winch out??

 

i agree w/ scrammy. its the contacter gone bad. just make sure there isnt any bare cables touching the frame.

 

thanks ,i didn't hear any clicking,was just letting cable out and it quit,like i was saying winch seems to work fine when brng it in,but nothing when letting it out,getting to old to pull cable out freewheel,oh yeah,when letting it out when it did work the last time,battery warning light came on and lights were dimming ?

 

is thee anyway to check the check the contasctor to make sure thats the problem?

 

dont forget to check the cables for bare wire touching the frame some where as well. you could by pass the contacter but hard to type and explain. you could reverse the cables on the winch and use the same direction on the switch and it should make it go out when you hit the in button. this way if it works fine then you know its the contacter going bad. just an idear.

 

thanks,will try that.

 

let us know how you make out.

 

guess what, found a wire touching frame, fixed it and winch seems ok.thanks for your advise.

 

found a wire touching frame,fixed it and winch seems ok,thaks for your help.