Need help with Husky 10 winch

[Reyn]

I recently purchased a Superwinch Husky 10 off craiglist. The seller bought a truck and it was on it. He sold the truck and just cut the wiring and took the winch off. He never used it but said when it was cut off they rolled a battery jumper over,attached it to the cut leads and rolled the cable in.

I went to look at it and he took some jumper cables to the leads to show me it worked. Well,it didn't. You could hear the solenoid clicking but nothing. He felt bad and thought maybe it was my battery so we tried his. Same thing. He was apologetic and figured maybe it wasn't getting enough juice but if its 12V you would think if its clicking then its getting power.

The winch hasn't been used much and looks in great shape. No rust,rollerfairlead looks like it hasn't been used. He said he would take 200.00 since he couldn't get it to work. Since its a 1500 winch I figured if its the solenoid I could get one and still be ahead.

I got home and tried holding the wires directly on a battery in my shed but I got the click with still no turning. I'm gonna have to get a new harness anyway to wire it. Any suggestions?

 

[Reyn]

Well,I contacted Superwinch. They advise it has to be grounded under the motor also. I'll try that when I get off work. I may have gotten a better deal than I thought.

Can anyone recommend a push bar type winch bumper? I'm wanting to put this on a 99 GMC Z71 but bumpers are 1-2000 dollars. Is there a cheaper way to mount these? Something that will attach to the factory bumper?

I looked at receiver hitch type but I'd rather just permanent mount it.

 

[Tapage]

Superwinch have a winch base that may work listed in their site ( call 'em again ) .. if you can fab good mounting points for that base / plate out of your frame horns you are ready to go ..

 

[LittleRock80]

Could you mount it with a WARN Trans4mer winch mount? They are on Craiglist for that vintage truck all the time for $250--$350. It's not a full BUMPER, but attaches to the frame, and at the very least protects your grill/radiator.

I like those SW Huskies. Very stout.

Good luck.

 

[Pin_Head]

You can always bypass the solenoid pack to test a series wound motor or run it in an emergency. Series wound motors have 3 electrical connections and a grounded case. The two connections on one side of the motor are the field windings and the one connection on the other end is the armature. To run the motor, connect one of the field terminals to the armature terminal and then hook a battery to the other field terminal and the case. It should run. If you switch which field terminal is connected to the armature terminal, the motor should change directions.

 

[Reyn]

It was the ground on the motor. Hooked a wire up and it runs like a champ. I'm watching craiglist now but it seems I'm gonna have to fabricate a winch mount. The mounting holes are not the traditional 4.5 by 10. Gonna have to make some spacers due to the motor sitting slightly lower on the one side too.

Superwinch apparently doesn't have anything available that will fit it. They also have the mounting holes as 4.5 x10 on their website which is wrong. Think I'm gonna get someone to make me a portable mount for receiver hitches.

 

[Reyn]

Here's a pic.

 

[Delancy]

If you decide to sell, please let me know.

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Wow!!

And I thought I got an awesome deal when I picked mine up for $300 bucks

You made out like a bandit!!


https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/579539-picked-up-new-used-winch.html

https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/579938-rear-winch-install.html

 

[Delancy]

Funny, because when searching for info on the Husky, t think I ran across your YouTube flick.

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Yeah, you either get my video or the tear down thread on the portal

 

[Reyn]

I'll post pics in a couple days to show how I mounted it. I made it portable. I had a plate fabricated with two male receiver hitches welded to it. Bolted the winch on it with Grade 8 bolts.I then had two female receiver hitches welded to a plate on the frame horns. The winch will actually fit in my tool box but dang its heavy. Used welding leads for power with a disconnect. I did this for better strength for a side pull.