[schwarz19]

I have a 99 Foreman 450 ES, and the winch is an Xtreme 2000X.

I installed this winch last week. All worked fine until today. I have it acting as a snow plow lift.

It still spools in, it just doesn't spool out. Instead of spooling out, the contactor just clicks. It doesn't make sense to me why it can spool in (which actually takes some energy) but not spool out.

I have the rocker switch tied into the accessory plug. I suspected that a poor connection there may be causing a drop in voltage, but when I run a wire straight from the battery to the contactor, it still just clicks. So, I think that eliminates the rocker switch and its tie-in to the accessory plug.

I suspected my battery needed charging, so I trickle charged it, which didn't take long because it didn't really need to be charged. The contactor still clicks instead of spooling.

Anyone have an idea? I will call Xtreme on Monday if I can't figure it out myself, but I would like to take care of it myself sooner.

Thanks in advance!

 

[schwarz19]

solution

By switching the cables, I verified it would spool out (but not spool in). So all signs pointed to the contactor.

I tore apart the contactor, and found that there were two small plastic shards floating around, that must have been stopping one of the metal plungers from making a contact. Took out these plastic shards, and now it works.