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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 01:12 PM
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I just put a smitty bumper and xrc8 on my jku and this is my first winch.. Whenever I have it engaged and the cable gets any real tension on it it switches back to free spool.. Is there something wrong with my winch or something I can fix?
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 01:41 PM
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Sound like something is wrong. If it's new, just call Smittybilt for the warranty. I've heard they are decent on warranty coverage.


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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 04:00 PM
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Ok thanks man I'll call tokorrow
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by rcbaker01
I just put a smitty bumper and xrc8 on my jku and this is my first winch.. Whenever I have it engaged and the cable gets any real tension on it it switches back to free spool.. Is there something wrong with my winch or something I can fix? Thanks
If u ordered through quadratec they will send u a new one and all u gotta do is drop the old back off at ups. That's what happened too me. That vendor is so easy to deal with.
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 04:28 PM
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Keep me updated... I have the same winch and am having problems getting it to engage after free spool. Unfortunately, I'm sure I'm out of any warranty.
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Old Jan 14, 2014 | 05:27 PM
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I'll keep y'all updated. I ordered it from a local shop so I'll call them first.
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 03:23 PM
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I talked to smitty and they are sending me a new handle with the locking mechanism. He said if that doesn't work they'll send me a new one.
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 06:25 PM
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Let me know if that ends up working... Thanks
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 07:28 PM
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I have a smittybuilt xrc8. Ur issue is not normal. The replacement parts may fix it. If not then get a new unit from them.
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Old Apr 2, 2014 | 05:01 PM
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So the new part did not fix it.. I ended up just getting a new winch. The shop I got it from actually just exchanged it so that I didn't have to deal with the warranty stuff!
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