Winch won't disengage

[macneill]

Every once in a while when I'm not towing Noah out of the mud, I run the cable out and back in to keep the juices flowing.

Now for some reason, I can't get the lever to disengage and run free. It goes about half way back and stops.

Not really looking forward to pulling the thing out of there. It's mounted to a seperate steel bracket to the frame rather than the bull bar which is aluminum.

Any thoughts?

 

[macneill]

Model XD9000.

 

[tabraha]

Does it feel like it's binding? Like the gear isn't meshing so the lever is locked out? Get this moved to outfitting so you can get some more help.

 

[dfmorse]

You may have to remove winch, dismantle and re-grease everything. Warn does a lousy job of greasing; levers and stuff will rust up and freeze. Use Amsoil grease for a better running winch.

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[Mark W]

Try applying pressure to the lever while bumping the switch to power the winch in and out.


Mark...