As you know my questions, they are always wordy and not really right to the point. lol I just want to make sure you get as much info as possible so everyone knows what I’m talking about.
So, I have a sportsman 450 2006. Amazing machine. I’ve been running it around in the back woods, pulling trees with it, and I cant find anything that it cant do! I love it. Its an amazing machine. I cant get it stuck, and I cant find anything that I cant pull with it. The issue with it, is the Winch.
The winch works fine, but it is old and has some problems. It goes ‘Out’ just fine, if there is someone putting tension on the wire while I press the ‘Out’ button, but it doesnt come ‘In’ very easily. It actually makes a ‘Click’ noise when it doesnt work. Almost as if you were trying to start your car and your battery was dead. Just one click. If you keep pressing the In button over and over, it’ll work eventually. It seems to work every time if there is pressure on the winch. Like the plow I have. If the plow is hooked up, and i try to raise the plow by making the winch go In, it works 90% of the time. If there is no weight on the winch, it is a 50/50 chance of it working.
It is almost 100% guaranteed to be the solenoid. Some people call it the ‘Contactor’ I guess? but thats what I found out this problem to be…Can anyone confirm or deny that idea?
ON TOP OF THAT (sorry for the long posts… :newbie: ) I’m looking to get just a whole new winch all together. Its old, the cable is rusty and fraying a little bit so my question about that is, there are a bunch of different types of Winches. Do I have to be careful which one I buy? Will some of them not fit my ATV? Also whats a good pound for the winch to buy? my current one is a 2500#. Any information on that would help out a lot…Thanks a lot guys! Sorry for the long read!
