Warn winch troubleshooting

Cause:

• There is grease, dirt or rust between the outside of the sliding ring gear and the inside of the gear housing.

Possible Solution:

• Clean the surfaces of the sliding ring gear and gear housing.
• Coat the surfaces lightly with oil. Do not grease.

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There are lots of links on the internet to wiring diagrams; just make sure they match the winch you have
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if you can use the winch manually by pressing buttons on the winch then the problem will be in either the remote unit(Battery in back to front) or the receiver in the winch

There should be a black connection on the winch. This is ground or -. There is a red. it is +. Find a battery and jumper cable, connect on all but one terminal. Tlouch and the motor should spin.
This proves the motor runs. Then connect the control, and this will prove the control.works (cables connected firmly and the control is used to run forward and backward.

Use a test light at the contactor to see if the switch and wiring are good.If you see an input from the switch up to the contactor,make sure the connections are all clean on the control input terminals at the contactor.(The contactor is the device that changes the polarity of 12V to the winch to extend or retract-essentially a double throw double pole relay).

The clutch knob on the side needs to be loosened up. Rotate this and the shaft will be free to pull the cable out.