Winch owners- am I being thick?

[biosurf]

Finally got my winch wired up yesterday.

All connected fine and with a bit of tweaking fitted the solenoid pack in the engine bay with extended cables.

I've got one of the cheap fleabay numbers like the one attached:

I cant get the clutch knob to rotate to the 'engaged' setting (i.e. pointing towards the front of the surf) it will rotate to the 'free spool' position but then will only move half way (45 degrees) around.

When at free spool I cant pull the cable off the drum.

The motor all runs fine in both positions but the cable wont move in or out.

when the numpty guy who fitted it for me fitted it he missed the fact that the clutch knob would have to move out in front of the bumper so he had to grind the top of the knob off so it was free to move but I dont see that this should have stopped it moving around to the engaged position?

Am I being thick or is it fubarred?

[joker??]

Finally got my winch wired up yesterday.

All connected fine and with a bit of tweaking fitted the solenoid pack in the engine bay with extended cables.

I've got one of the cheap fleabay numbers like the one attached:

I cant get the clutch knob to rotate to the 'engaged' setting (i.e. pointing towards the front of the surf) it will rotate to the 'free spool' position but then will only move half way (45 degrees) around.

When at free spool I cant pull the cable off the drum.

The motor all runs fine in both positions but the cable wont move in or out.

when the numpty guy who fitted it for me fitted it he missed the fact that the clutch knob would have to move out in front of the bumper so he had to grind the top of the knob off so it was free to move but I dont see that this should have stopped it moving around to the engaged position?

Am I being thick or is it fubarred?

bad news its fubarred










had to take the knob off [ think its allen key at side] spray some wd40 in it then replace , you may have to play about with it,

oooh just read through and im telling you to play with knob oooooer missis
had the same prob with mine

[darkdezigns]

to free spool yr winch u have to pull yr knob out! to operate clutch/freespool,or depending on type of knob it will have a ctch u have to move to make it go right round

[darkdezigns]

ps im not a winch owner but i use approx 30 diffrent ones at work on various recovery trucks varying from 1 tonne pull to 50 tonne pull

[tintin]

I think you mave to lift as well as turn(the chrome lever)

[joker??]

I think you mave to lift as well as turn(the chrome lever)

nah got the same winch[ kinda]

[da SLUG man]

don't you have to pull on the cable a bit for the clutch to engage / disengage??

wouldn't it have been better to cut a bit out the bumper rather than cut part of the winch?... surely that voids any warranty??

[darkdezigns]

I think you mave to lift as well as turn(the chrome lever)

thats wot i meant too lol,just wanted to say knob lol

[darkdezigns]

don't you have to pull on the cable a bit for the clutch to engage / disengage??

wouldn't it have been better to cut a bit out the bumper rather than cut part of the winch?... surely that voids any warranty??

somtimes they need a "wiggle" to disengauge,try doin that with a cable 36mm thick,its a pain i tell ya lol

[joker??]

lol just went out to shed to check and the knob wont turn all the way lol
think slug is right

[darkdezigns]

lol just went out to shed to check and the knob wont turn all the way lol
think slug is right

suprised u get find it in the cold let alone pull it in any way

[joker??]

suprised u get find it in the cold let alone pull it in any way

[sledge]

Finally got my winch wired up yesterday.

All connected fine and with a bit of tweaking fitted the solenoid pack in the engine bay with extended cables.

I've got one of the cheap fleabay numbers like the one attached:

I cant get the clutch knob to rotate to the 'engaged' setting (i.e. pointing towards the front of the surf) it will rotate to the 'free spool' position but then will only move half way (45 degrees) around.

When at free spool I cant pull the cable off the drum.

The motor all runs fine in both positions but the cable wont move in or out.

when the numpty guy who fitted it for me fitted it he missed the fact that the clutch knob would have to move out in front of the bumper so he had to grind the top of the knob off so it was free to move but I dont see that this should have stopped it moving around to the engaged position?

Am I being thick or is it fubarred?

mine was the same when i first used it. the way i got round it was to let the line out with the motor and keep trying to push the knob round once engaged all sorted i have left mine in the engage postion because i found that everytime i went to use it, i had the same prob. if he has grinded the whole of the right angwl bit off then your gonna have big probs to get it to engage first time.

[biosurf]

Thank you kindly gents- I'll try it tomorrow when its not brass monkeys outside.

He only ground the top half of the lever off so its not too bad. He's still a ****
though

[Smego2]

I know a guy over nr Abinger who does stuff like that when he fits winches....