[mudder fudder]

I have one of those 3000# Gorilla winches. All is good, except one thing. What is wrong when the cable will spool out but won't spool back in? The contactor clicks, so I know the switch is good. Would it be the contactor or the winch itself?

 

[mudder fudder]

I called Gorilla and they said that the contactor is probably the problem. I looked at the contactor and there is rust on the nuts on top, but everything looks fairly good. I know getting it wet will cause it to go bad, the question is, how do you keep it from getting wet? I have it in the trunk section in the back, and I mounted it in the top corner. I also put sillicone all over it and marine grease as well. Any other ideas?

 

[mudder fudder]

Nope, no remote on mine.

 

[mudder fudder]

I got the contactor in yesterday and I piled the silicone on it. First I put on dielectric grease on all metal parts and then I siliconed all of the seams and remounted it. The contactor was definetely the problem because the winch is working fine!

 

[mudder fudder]

Yeah I spray every eletrical and moving part with white Lithium grease. It comes out like WD-40, but it stays for a long, long time.