Iv been searching forums all over the net and i cannot find a solution to my issue. I hope someone here can help. So this past winter my winch (warn rt25) stopped working completely. So i hit the web and found out to put jumper cables from the battery to winch terminals. Winch works perfectly in and out. I traced the winch wires back to the contactor and they are fully intact and connected fine. Removed the entire rocker switch on the handle bar and wired directly to contactor and battery, winch only will go in. If i reverse the wires winch will go out. So next i removed the contactor, disassembled it to ensure all wires were attached then i reassembled it, still only 1 direction. Replaced the contactor with a new one, still only 1 direction either in out out but not both. I also did disassembled the winch and nothing inside seemed burned or ruined like iv seen picture of. Any advise, besides warn winches are junk?

Iv been searching forums all over the net and i cannot find a solution to my issue. I hope someone here can help. So this past winter my winch (warn rt25) stopped working completely. So i hit the web and found out to put jumper cables from the battery to winch terminals. Winch works perfectly in and out. I traced the winch wires back to the contactor and they are fully intact and connected fine. Removed the entire rocker switch on the handle bar and wired directly to contactor and battery, winch only will go in. If i reverse the wires winch will go out. So next i removed the contactor, disassembled it to ensure all wires were attached then i reassembled it, still only 1 direction. Replaced the contactor with a new one, still only 1 direction either in out out but not both. I also did disassembled the winch and nothing inside seemed burned or ruined like iv seen picture of. Any advise, besides warn winches are junk?