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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 02:58 AM
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greetings, trying to mount 2 warn rocker switches on my 07 700 sportsman and wondering if anyone has ideas on brackets/ hardware/configurations? Warn recs. i mount them one over the other but thats makes for to far of a reach. appreciate input thanks
 
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 07:20 AM
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i mouted my heated grip switch on the left side between the light switch and the master cyl. and my winch on the angled part of the bar and just turned the extension sideways to make the switch straight
 
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 02:20 PM
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I mounted the rocker switches for two winches on the left handlebar, top side.
I mounted them one on top of the other but at right angles. one is the plow lift the other is the plow angle control.
The angle plow set up from cycle country is a P.O.S. Don't waist your time. I've spent way more time fixing it then using it. It's a toy. I climb off and change the angle manually.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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thanks guys

killer, does that mean the winch switch is vertical and the pivot switch is horizontal if im understanding you?
 
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 03:02 PM
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Yes , thats right. I used the hardware that came with the switches and I bent a pc of sheet metal, It's worked for a couple of years now.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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thanks deerkiller sounds like some fabrication is the ways it is..

Any other ideas out there are welcome.

havent seen new snow 7 weeks, -45 out thier today(windchill)
 
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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 03:56 AM
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I put my power angle switch directly underneath my reverse override and headlight clump of switches. It works well and is not a stretch for my short fingers. It looks almost factory. I used an aluminum handlebar clamp that had an angled arm on it. I welded a metal spacer and an "L" shaped 1" wide piece of steel together. The spacer bolts to the handlebar clamp horizontally after lining everything up flush. The hardest part is getting the dimensions right to line up against the bottom of the clump of switches and flush front to back and side to side. Very minor fabrication required. Yes I have too much time.
 
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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 02:42 PM
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NOOOOOO,
Do you use the Cycle County power angle? or did you fabricate something?
 
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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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I fabricated my own with a small "Pure Polaris" winch. A couple springs and a couple pulleys. There is a little more to it than that but it works very well. I have beat and banged it around all winter long and best of all it cost me about $120.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2008 | 09:24 AM
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I'd like to see some pictures of it if you get a chance.
The cycle country set up uses a small gear driven thimble for lack of a better word. A 3/32 cable wraps around that 2 or 3 times then both ends feed out to a larger pulley attached to the bottom or the blade. The problem is if the blade is not in the detent that holds the weight of the snow the cable snaps. They are pretty inexpensive from part s out of Tractor Supply but it ends up taking about 2 hrs to fix it.
I am looking into using a screw driven linear actuator. It may be a little slow but less moving parts to break.
 
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