My winch won't work anymore...there is a clicking noise and winch wont turn....I check the connection and its good.

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Could possibly be bad starter. If battery is fully charged and runs winch shows problem at starter. Try tapping the starter with a hammer. Then try starting it.


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Where did you ground the winch motor? You need a separate, heavy duty, switch with a relay to transfer the positive side voltage properly... DO NOT ground to the battery..use a clean, free of paint, place to ground. You may have fried the solenoid..do not connect the positive side to the solenoid. Direct connection to the + battery from the relay is good with a good waterproof fuse in line. Sometimes I have seen the "maint. free" batteries die when used "wrong" and still show 13 volts+.

Winches are out in the worst weather so before I looked at a wiring diagram I would be checking the condition of all the terminals for clean and tight. Next check the charge rate and condition of the battery driving the winch even having a load test done on that battery to see if all the cells are ok as when the solenoid clicks but no more the results are the same as a bad battery in the car.

Start with load testing the battery or straight up replacing it. If problems continue, diagnose the charging system.

May need this:

hi clicking sound is not goood.sounds like the motor is gone.but try basics first.clean condensing unit.ventilate.check refrigerant and motor relay.good luck.Ali

I would check the hydro fluid, if you run low this may happen. also the may be a flow adjustment on the winch itself maybe an Allen fitting. Good luck

change the battery

test the battery first then go through the ground wires, there will be a few and if one of them have corrosion or are not connected you will not get full voltage to the starter,