Ironman4x4 Monster Winch, User Manual

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TROUBLESHOOTING
PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION
Winch฀won’t฀work
Flat battery in vehicle
Replace฀or฀recharge฀
battery
NOTE:฀Winch฀should฀
always be connected
to the main battery not
auxiliary
Flat battery in wireless
remote controller
Replace฀battery฀or฀use฀
plug-in฀controller
Winch has been wired
incorrectly
Check฀all฀wiring฀as฀per฀
diagram in installation
pages of this manual
Poor motor earth Make sure earth cable
for motor is connected to
main battery
Poor control box earth Mare sure small earth
wire for control box is
securely connected to a
good฀earth฀(eg.฀Earth฀stud฀
on฀winch฀motor)
Wireless฀activator฀or฀plug-
in hand controller are not
connected to control box
Connect฀wireless฀activator฀
or plug in hand controller
to control box and make
sure that hand controller
is switched to correct
mode.
Hand controller will not
operate Incorrect mode selected
on hand controller Select wireless or plug in
mode on hand controller
Winch works in wrong
direction
Cable฀spooled฀in฀the฀
wrong direction on the
drum
Make sure that cable is
spooled on in the direction
indicated on winch
housing
Winch has been wired
incorrectly
Check฀all฀connections฀
on motor as per wiring
diagram in installation
pages of this manual
PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION
Winch will only work in
one direction Winch has been wired
incorrectly
Check฀all฀connections฀
on motor as per wiring
diagram in installation
pages of this manual
Brake will not hold on hills
Cable฀spooled฀on฀in฀the฀
wrong direction on drum
Make sure that cable is
spooled on in the direction
indicated on winch
housing
Clutch฀handle฀is฀difficult฀
to rotate
Load has not been
released from cable
Using฀hand฀controller,฀
spool cable out slightly to
release the load from the
cable
Winch motor gets hot
during winching This is quite normal Winch needs to be
checked regularly during
winching.฀With฀bare฀hand,฀
if it is uncomfortably
warm฀to฀touch,฀cease฀
winching until it has
cooled down
Winch฀will฀not฀free-spool Clutch฀handle฀is฀in฀the฀
‘Engage’฀position Rotate฀handle฀to฀the฀
‘Disengage’฀position
Uneven winch mounting
surface Make sure that winch
mounting฀surface฀is฀flat฀
and not distorted and that
winch mounting bolts are
tight
Winch motor operates but
cable drum does not turn
Clutch฀handle฀is฀in฀the฀
‘Disengaged’฀position Rotate฀handle฀to฀the฀
‘Engage’฀position
Further Enquiries
For further assistance please contact your place of purchase.
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