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Budgie:
Hi All,

I'm after a bit of info from anyone who knows their winches.

I've got a GEW 10000 and while winching Tonka Toy out of sand yesterday the winch just stopped working.

It winched out with no problems, winched in with a far amount of strain but not enough to stall it. Then we stopped winching to clear sand away from the front wheels of Tonka Toy and when I tried to winch in again all I got was the solenoids clicking.
The motor was warm to the touch but I wouldn't say it was hot.
The battery is fine, as are the connections and remote.

Before I start ripping the winch apart, has anyone got any ideas of where to start looking for a problem or any know failures with this type of winch?  :wink:

Xtremeteam:
solenoids

mine did the same in wales whilst tryin to get up a climb,was winching away doin a heavy pull & it just stopped,there is a click but no life,fired another solenoid on so i could keep playing but have just bought a set of allbrite solenoids to replace them with  :D

muddyweb:
Indeed....

On a 2 solenoid set up (like Superwinch uses) the winch will usually stop completely.

On a 4 solenoid set up (like most of the Warn stuff) the winch will often work one way but not the other.  (Usually it will pay out but not winch in due to the way they are wired)

Unless you have spare solenoids, or can get them cheap, it is well worth making the swap to a decent contactor like the Albright, since the difference in cost isn't huge.

Budgie:
Thanks Tim & Mikee,

I've ordered an Albright from Devon 4x4 this afternoon so you'll see website order on Monday Tim!!  :wink:

Just need to free off the freespool now so I can get the Plasma off the reel until I get the Albright pack installed.  I've got about 70 feet of it sat in the passenger footwell at the moment! :roll:

Budgie:
The Allbright pack arrived Tuesday, cracking service there Tim!!  =D>

I think I'll do a tutorial for the Workshop on fitting the pack, may come in handy for someone later. I'm on 4 days off from tomorrow morning so, if it stops raining, I'll get  it done this week.  :wink:

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