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Has anyone experienced the situation where their winch will not "free-wheel" ? I have gone through all the troubleshooting TMs for the A0 truck (haven't gotten ahold of A1 TMs yet) and none of them deal with a clutch malfunction. Best I can find is the parts diagram, but I cant really see from that how the clutch shifter mechanism actually works.
When I first got the truck, it was in "Disengaged" and the drum could free-wheel. The first time I moved it to engaged, the lever was a little sticky at the mid-point, but then eventually swung over to Engaged. The winch operates fine, however moving the lever back to Disengaged has no effect, and doesn't actually feel like its doing anything. I have tried yanking on the winch cable with my golf cart to see if that would motivate it loose, but no luck. I am going to try spraying some penetrating oil on the shifter lever shaft just as a hail mary, hoping I don't have to tear the whole winch apart.
When I first got the truck, it was in "Disengaged" and the drum could free-wheel. The first time I moved it to engaged, the lever was a little sticky at the mid-point, but then eventually swung over to Engaged. The winch operates fine, however moving the lever back to Disengaged has no effect, and doesn't actually feel like its doing anything. I have tried yanking on the winch cable with my golf cart to see if that would motivate it loose, but no luck. I am going to try spraying some penetrating oil on the shifter lever shaft just as a hail mary, hoping I don't have to tear the whole winch apart.