Just posting this as an observation on a Badlands 1500 lb ATV winch. I found the winch in a dumpster and externally it looked ok, so I took it home. When I tested it though, it would not work. Yesterday I pulled it apart. Motor looked good but the problem was with a fractured side of the drum. Appeared that the winch cable had kinked, pushed against the side of the drum and broken off two large pieces.