Thread: Warn winch not turning

Has it ever been submerged in water? I ask because this is exactly what happened to my XD9000 and it was the brush assembly. The springs behind the brushes had rusted and they lost contact. A brush assembly was available and an easy install too. I assume the 9.5 is similar to the 9000, do they have the 4.6 or 6hp motor?. I got my brush assembly form these guys in Melb
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I would pull the winch apart first and check the condition of the brushes and motor first. When my XD9000 is mounted on the ARB airbag compatible bullbar(D1) the drain holes are at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions, it stays half full of water and rusted things out, on the older ARB bars(Rangie Classic) they were down at the 6 o'clock position and could drain freely.

My xd9000 did the same while winching through a swamp hole, got slower and then stopped dead. when i got home i mucked around and couldnt get any signs of life, to cut a long story short it was a poor earth from winch motor to the chassis[surface rust inbetween].
Richard

Yep bad earth , muck in the motor and those crappy solenoids , Best thing you can do for a start is get your self a solid state solenoid less hassle

Thanks, I'll check the earth first as that sounds easiest to fix, hopefully will get a chance tonight.

Checked the earth, no problem there unfortunately. Looks like the winch will have to come out for further investigation. May not get time to do that for a fortnight.

Hi Pod,

Quick check to see if the motor is the problem and not solenoids is jump the motor A terminal and F1 together and put 12v + on the F2 terminal on the motor. Make sure your earth is well connected and the motor should spin one way.
To make it spin the other way just reverse the process. Ie jump A and F2 together and put 12v + on F1 terminal. Usually terminals F1and F2 are close together and the A terminal is away on its own on the winch motor.

Chris

BEFORE YOU TRY THIS

Originally Posted by gitney

Hi Pod,

Quick check to see if the motor is the problem and not solenoids is jump the motor A terminal and F1 together and put 12v + on the F2 terminal on the motor. Make sure your earth is well connected and the motor should spin one way.
To make it spin the other way just reverse the process. Ie jump A and F2 together and put 12v + on F1 terminal. Usually terminals F1and F2 are close together and the A terminal is away on its own on the winch motor.

Chris

disengage the clutch and Unwind the winch rope a little way, tie it to something that weighs between 5+10 kg (I usually use a tyre) and stretch it out gently
Failure to do so can wind up damaging the winch rope or pulling the fairlead through the rollers

I also suggest initially applying the power through a smaller light duty fly lead with a high wattage bulb (50-80W worth of headlight is fine) for the first application just in case the brushes are shorted or only one of the contact solenoids is stuck closed and causing problems. This procedure stops you from letting the smoke out of important parts.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

BEFORE YOU TRY THIS




disengage the clutch and Unwind the winch rope a little way, tie it to something that weighs between 5+10 kg (I usually use a tyre) and stretch it out gently
Failure to do so can wind up damaging the winch rope or pulling the fairlead through the rollers

I also suggest initially applying the power through a smaller light duty fly lead with a high wattage bulb (50-80W worth of headlight is fine) for the first application just in case the brushes are shorted or only one of the contact solenoids is stuck closed and causing problems. This procedure stops you from letting the smoke out of important parts.

Not a problem, I've removed the rope from the winch as I was unable to spool it back on the drum and had about 5m wrapped around the bullbar. Hope to get a chance to do the jumper lead test tomorrow, unfortunately don't look like having time to go any further than that, e.g. removing winch, until after next week. Just the info i was after with regard to testing to isolate motor or solenoid issues.