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General Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: Tsd on May 15, 2008, 05:43:49 PM
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I had mentioned before that my winch had electrical issues, it only moved in, it had to be reeled out manually.
Since it didn't reeled out i left it just like the previous owner left it:
http://xs226.xs.to/xs226/08183/dscn2035635.jpg
As i was driving back from university today i heard a strange click on the front of the jeep, one of the winch solenoids shorted. The winch started to reel itself in.....
Well, i couldn't disconnect it from the battery soon enough so the winch pulled and pulled so hard that it bent my front bumper, cracked itself into 2 pieces and eventually burned.....
As my anger and frustration decrease i will go outside and get some pics.....
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Yup. I had my 8274 freak out on me once when I was pulling someone in. It decided it didn't want to stop after I let off the switch and I had to rip one of the wires out of it. After that I put in a Marine A/B/AB switch so taht I could easily kill all power to the winch.
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Now with pics:
The red arrow points at one of the parts where it broke. Anyone know if it's safe to repair? Or will it break again at some critical situation ?
(http://xs227.xs.to/xs227/08205/dscn20434banger283.jpg) (http://xs.to)
Bent bumper:
(http://xs227.xs.to/xs227/08205/dscn20424banger836.jpg) (http://xs.to)
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Hmmm. Never heard of a kill switch.
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The mechanical damage doesn't look too bad. The electical part will be more trouble probably.
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Now with pics:
The red arrow points at one of the parts where it broke. Anyone know if it's safe to repair? Or will it break again at some critical situation ?
Fairly common break, you'll just need someone who can weld aluminum to fix it for you.