P1000m5 Winch issues ... bad solenoid?

[minisoda]

Have a KFI winch and recently every time I winch out the SxS dies. I thought maybe it was drawing too much voltage and/or the batteries were low. I ended up replacing one of the batteries that also seemed to have gone bad.

New fully charged batteries and same problem. Winching in always worked perfectly.

Next I noticed that the positive cable from battery to the winch solenoid was very hot and actually melted the sheathing in one spot.

I’m thinking just put a new solenoid in. Any other thoughts or troubleshooting ideas?

 

[TxDoc]

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[HondaTech]

Check to make sure one of the post on the winch motor isn't touching the bumper.

I had a customer install their own winch and this ended up being the problem. I had to re-clock the motor housing to clear it.

 

[Hawk53]

Have a KFI winch and recently every time I winch out the SxS dies. I thought maybe it was drawing too much voltage and/or the batteries were low. I ended up replacing one of the batteries that also seemed to have gone bad.

New fully charged batteries and same problem. Winching in always worked perfectly.

Next I noticed that the positive cable from battery to the winch solenoid was very hot and actually melted the sheathing in one spot.

I’m thinking just put a new solenoid in. Any other thoughts or troubleshooting ideas?

Is the connection clean and tight?

 

[SpeedBuggy]

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Damn, Andy the Mechanic has some sweet ass helpers. I’m doing something wrong to not have that kind of skills in my garage. Thanks for posting these were helpful.