I did a fairly long hard pull with my warn m8000. The truck was burried up to the doors in mud (god i hate mud!!) and i did a 75 foot pull. The winch worked fine, stalled out once, gave it a rest and worked after about a min of resting. Went to spool the winch in and all it would do is click in the selanoid box. The winch is 2 years old, and has had about 5 good hard pulls on it. The box has been in my truck for 5 years, and spent 5 years on my heep before that. Ive never cracked the box open, so im leaning twords that. What esle should i check?
slander
I would check the out-going power on the solenoid. Take a voltage tester to the positive leaving the solenoid to the winch, see if it has power when you try to use the winch. My winch did the same thing a while back just clicked when i tried to use it, replaced the solenoid and was back in buisness.
Its been a few days since that trip, and it was raining while i was using it so it may be water like nor cal said. I have another box that i was going to hook up and see if that does anything, just thats its a PITA to get my current box out (mounted between the grill and radiator). What kind of mantenence am i suppoed to do to the selenoid box? Do i just slather evreything in di electric grease or what?
The best thing you can do is pull it apart and seal it with RTV, and seal any outside penetrations with Silicone sealant/gutter polyurethane sealant.
Yeah, I have my Smittybilt solenoid mounted in my bumper, and the smittybilts are notorious for leaking in water straight out of the box.
I used Sikaflex caulking for anything exterior. RTV is meant to be a gasket maker under pressure, it's not to be used as a sealant that you just slap on. The Sikaflex is rated to be outside and will stay "rubbery". It's almost like a glue too. It's basically a outdoor silicone on steroids.
Lumber places may have it around you, or HVAC/Plumbing places. Grainger should have it too. Amazon is a last resort
I used Sikaflex caulking for anything exterior. RTV is meant to be a gasket maker under pressure, it's not to be used as a sealant that you just slap on. The Sikaflex is rated to be outside and will stay "rubbery". It's almost like a glue too. It's basically a outdoor silicone on steroids.
Lumber places may have it around you, or HVAC/Plumbing places. Grainger should have it too. Amazon is a last resort
All of the above, plus
check your grounds carefully. A meter may show a ground as good, but it may not carry the amps needed to turn the motor. Thus, the solenoid click.
Water, corrosion, time, bad luck, all could be the culprit. Remove the positive and negative terminals at the motor, clean and polish the mating parts, goo up with dielectric grease, and replace. (Tight.)
And, this may not work either, but if it is the problem, you'll know it pretty quickly.
Dale
check your grounds carefully. A meter may show a ground as good, but it may not carry the amps needed to turn the motor. Thus, the solenoid click.
Water, corrosion, time, bad luck, all could be the culprit. Remove the positive and negative terminals at the motor, clean and polish the mating parts, goo up with dielectric grease, and replace. (Tight.)
And, this may not work either, but if it is the problem, you'll know it pretty quickly.
Dale
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