New winch needed or not??

[mudnut]

I did read that the Runvas have a braking mech in the gearbox, not inside the spool.

[jay see]

Runva all the way.

Stay away from Carbon is all I will recommend.

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[jay see]

I did read that the Runvas have a braking mech in the gearbox, not inside the spool.

Yeah, they call it a ratchet system. It's to prevent heat from a traditional drum brake.

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[Hodge]

https://www.productreview.com.au/lis...synthetic-rope

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If I showed you and told you my recent experience with them. You wouldn't believe me.
I won't drag names through mud on here.
But like I said , I recommend you steer clear.
Check your PM .

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[mudnut]

Do tell, Hodge.

[jay see]

Ok.
I've disconnected everything going to the solenoid, the neg and the red terminal from the winch do its free on any power. Then I connected a battery, neg to neg on winch and positive to red on winch. Got a little spark on contact, but no movement at all. Am I doing this correct??

While all connected to the external battery it goes from 12.2v - 6.0v. is there not enough juice in the battery to get it moving or is the winch dead??

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[jay see]

I think is safe to say that it's dead, If I have done this right.

Tried it again, but this time connected to the car battery and engine running, no difference.

Now if I get a bare winch I run all my existing cables, solenoid and rope everything should fit just a remove and replace yeah....

EDIT....


And I also connected a cable (the brown one in the pic) from the red terminal to the yellow one with no difference.


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[PeeBee]

@jaysee have a look at this test method, will work for in vehicle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxKrseTT1a4warn-winch-solenoid-wiring-diagram-l-6fea5e8060296493.jpg
WiringDiagramForSpadeTermSolenoidamp4WireMotor.jpg

[jay see]

@jaysee have a look at this test method, will work for in vehicle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxKrseTT1a4warn-winch-solenoid-wiring-diagram-l-6fea5e8060296493.jpg

Cheers pb

Looks like I had the power on the wrong terminal.

And of course before I put the bar back on I gave it a go and it worked, not everytime I hit the switch, but it did work and then when it's all put back together, it doesn't work.

I pretty sure that the motor works, it's just that it doesn't work everytime the switch is pushed

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[mudnut]

Is it a wireless controller, or the cable unit? Maybe a wire is loose inside the control box.