winch ?

Post by **jstables** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:12 pm

So the other day at the junkyard I found a warn m8000 and bought it for $25 bucks but it was missing a few wires on the solenoids and before I put any money into it I wanna make sure the motor works. So does anyone know how I could just check the motor to see if it is good ?

-I did open it up and the brushes are in good shape and there is not much rust inside. I have seen worse looking motors run.

YouTube · Post by **TerryD** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:41 am

There should be two of the wires going down into the motor case. Put 12V across them and it should run one way. Reverse the polarity of them and it should run the other. That's all those solenoids in there do is switch from one polarity to the other. BTW, those solenoids are nothing other than Ford starter solenoids, at least from what I saw on Ctrow's at Harlan that time we had the top off it.

Post by **alk1174** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:52 am

Terry is right there is a good write up on pirate with pics. Also there was a guy on ebay selling the complete warn control box at a very good price.

Post by **BadAssEddie** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:14 am

Thats a good price even if your motor does not run. DC brushed motors are simple and hardy. You should be able to get it to work fine.

Post by **willhf1011** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:59 am

Thats an awesome deal. Warn sells all the replacement parts you might need for the planetary as well, they sadly arent quite as tough as the motor, ut the cost is reasonable as long as you don't have to replace everything. I rebuilt mine last summer for pretty cheap and its been working great since.

Post by **jstables** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:48 pm

I bought new solenoids off eBay for $70 and after wiring it up it still does nothing except fire the solenoids so I'm less than a hundred bucks into but I'm pretty surety motor is shot. So I'm just gonna keep them and probably just buy a new winch in the future.

Post by **BadAssEddie** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:51 pm

Post up pictures of the stator and rotor.

Post by **jstables** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:40 pm

ok ill do that after work tomorrow

Post by **BadnewsCJ** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:23 pm

willhf1011 wrote:I rebuilt mine last summer for pretty cheap and its been working great since.

I'm kinda familiar with winching your rig, and wasn't it throwing a shit fit at BCDS? Or was something else causing that?

Post by **willhf1011** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:11 pm

BadnewsCJ wrote:
willhf1011 wrote:I rebuilt mine last summer for pretty cheap and its been working great since.
I'm kinda familiar with winching your rig, and wasn't it throwing a shit fit at BCDS? Or was something else causing that?

You make a great winch spotter

It was having issues at BCDS, but I later discovered that was due to my alternator coming loose and allowing the belt to slip, which killed my charging system.

Post by **BadnewsCJ** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:54 pm

willhf1011 wrote:
BadnewsCJ wrote:
willhf1011 wrote:I rebuilt mine last summer for pretty cheap and its been working great since.
I'm kinda familiar with winching your rig, and wasn't it throwing a shit fit at BCDS? Or was something else causing that?
You make a great winch spotter

It was having issues at BCDS, but I later discovered that was due to my alternator coming loose and allowing the belt to slip, which killed my charging system.

Ahh yes. Very well then.