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Function of the Auto Stop Feature:
The Auto Stop fairlead is an innovative solution making your winch easier to use, especially when plowing. The
hardest work your winch does is when it isn’t doing much work at all; when your winch pulls the rope tight to
get the last bit of lift out of the plow or to tighten up the hook to prevent it from rattling against the bumper. As
the winch pulls the hook against the fairlead it stresses the winch, rope, fairlead, and vehicle frame. To help
prevent damage to these components, Polaris created a solution that stops the winch before the hook is pulled
too far into the fairlead.
If your vehicle is equipped with this feature it contains an aluminum Hawse-type fairlead, a rubber bump stop
that contains magnets, and a wire harness with a control box. This winch is only for use with synthetic rope, as
a steel cable would quickly wear and damage the aluminum fairlead. When the rubber bump stop is brought
close to the fairlead, sensors inside the fairlead tell the control box to turn the winch off. The winch will continue
to let rope out, but the rope will not pull in any further.
1. To assemble, install the aluminum Hawse fairlead
in the same location as the standard roller fairlead
would be, using the same hardware. Wire routing
will be simplest if the wires are located on the
passenger side of the vehicle. Place the control box
close to the winch contactor and extend the longer
wire toward the fairlead. Disconnect the remote
control from the winch contactor, and plug those
two connectors into the corresponding connectors
on the control harness. Once the connections have
been made, route the red and black wires to the
terminal block. The black wire must be connected
to a solid ground, and the red wire should be
connected to keyed power so that the winch will
only operate when the vehicle key is turned to the
ON position as shown in figure.
2. Disconnect the remote control from the winch
contactor, and plug those two connectors into the
corresponding connectors on the control harness.
Control Box
Connectors
