Polaris 6K winch

[oneal]

Had the machine about a month , thought I better make sure the winch works. Glad I did as it doesn't.
Power at the solenoid and solenoid contacts are sending/reversing power as it should.
Dead motor I assume.
Any insights ?
Anyone else?

 

[Big Red]

No issues with mine. I used it to plow snow and the 6000 lb. winch when compared to the 4500 lb. is a beast.

 

[Big Red]

Did you check both the remote control and the dash switch? Is it possible one works, and the other one doesn't?

 

[oneal]

Did you check both the remote control and the dash switch? Is it possible one works, and the other one doesn't

 

[oneal]

Did you check both the remote control and the dash switch? Is it possible one works, and the other one doesn't?

Yes,, it makes no difference which one is used. Both are activating the solenoid and the solenoid is sending power onto winch motor. Pretty sure motor is doa.
I agree 6000 is plenty powerful.
The term used in my industrial maintenance life was infant mortality , X number of units produced always have X number of early failures.
That's the piece of mind warrantys give us !

 

[Mark]

Mine was the same when I 1st bought it home. One of my technician's found a loose connector under the hood and re attached it.

 

[TomR]

While on this subject does the Ultimate Edition come with the remote or is it purchased separately?

 

[Big Red]

While on this subject does the Ultimate Edition come with the remote or is it purchased separately?

It comes with the remote

 

[oneal]

Mine was the same when I 1st bought it home. One of my technician's found a loose connector under the hood and re attached it.

Wishing mine would have been that simple. Power to solenoid and solenoid working as should be

 

[oneal]

To be fair I now believe my special needs son took out my winch. I recently had to remove the bumper and winch, I then noticed the rope was actually wound backwards for a dozen revolutions. After speaking with a friend that owns a Polaris dealership he told me about a couple instances where folks would accidentally run their winches backwards and unspool enough rope to to let it tangle onto itself and then bind, reverse rotation also bypasses the magnetic stop switch.
JR would slip down in his seat when ridding between my wife and I which placed his knees right in the winch switch so I'm confident that's what happened.
I plan to see if I can purchase a motor from Polaris and if it is costly I will probably adapt a different brand winch

 

[pueblogary]

Had the machine about a month , thought I better make sure the winch works. Glad I did as it doesn't.
Power at the solenoid and solenoid contacts are sending/reversing power as it should.
Dead motor I assume.
Any insights ?
Anyone else?

Is yours one of the vehicles in the recall about poorly grounded winch?

 

[oneal]

No, my ground is ok. Thank you

 

[LGoodridge]

Gentlemen, My winch is DOA, too. Tried to use it the first time last weekend, and nothing but the solenoid clicking. I got it back to the garage and confirmed power to the winch. I pulled it out, and it's on the bench now. I wanted to bench-test it, too. I connected the negative to the winch frame, and I touched each terminal with positive. Nothing. Is this the proper way to bench-test this winch?

 

[oneal]

You checked that you had power to the winch but did you also check the black wire is making good connection to the ground? The motor is not not directly grounded through the frame .

You heard the contactor clicking, that confirms the magnetic relay is operating, but while the winch is wired in you need to operate the in and out control and at the same time have a polarity displaying electric tester connected to the motor lugs. This will make sure the contactor is sending power and ground to the motor and confirm the polarity is reversing when you operate the control each direction.

The contactor has + and - supply voltage.
When you send a 12 volt signal to the magnetic coil side of the contacter (the little wires) it closes the contacts and sends voltage to the motor in one of two different directions depending on the direction chosen by the control switch or the remote, (spool in or spool out).
It reverses the polarity to change directions so neither side of the motor windings are directly grounded.
If you are bench testing and bypassing the contacter you need to put the hot on one of the motor leads and the negative on the the other, not grounding the frame.

FYI - the auto shut offs on our winches is magnetic switch on the fair lead and does not work when the winch is outgoing. In my case I am fairly certain my special needs son's knee was against the unwind side of the switch on the dash and after it turned backwards enough revolutions without actually pulling the rope out it balled up and then bound up the rope resulting in over torqued the motor (aka fried windings ) .
Just two weeks ago I took mine to my dealer for warranty and he confirmed it is fried and ordered a replacement.

 

[LGoodridge]

Oneal, great info, and thanks so much. The unit is at my camp. I will check that ground this weekend. I will let you know.

 

[JTBarlow]

To bench test the winch motor, you can bypass the contactor and apply voltage directly to the motor.

Careful not to short them together or to anything else. I’d also recommend having the winch in neutral. If the motor works, you can move on to testing the contactor. They can get a buildup on the contacts that won’t allow adequate voltage/amperage through to run the motor.