Have an aftermarket winch? You should look at this...

[Tinman]

Have a champion winch or an aftermarket winch that has the generic control I have? (See pic on link below)

The rivets holding a plastic cap on a backing plate failed, causing a short circuit. It can also fail leaving you stranded when you need the winch the most.

If you have a similar control, I would advise at the very minimum tightening the rivets and properly peening them over, and if you could, put in better rivets.

http://www.pauldaytonscifi.com/spotlight.html

[nocturnalsixer]

Have a champion winch or an aftermarket winch that has the generic control I have? (See pic on link below)

The rivets holding a plastic cap on a backing plate failed, causing a short circuit. It can also fail leaving you stranded when you need the winch the most.

If you have a similar control, I would advise at the very minimum tightening the rivets and properly peening them over, and if you could, put in better rivets.

http://www.pauldaytonscifi.com/spotlight.html

I'm wondering if that remote control is hard wired into the winch or if it have removable harness like on some of winches i have.... master (master locks of padlock locks) worst one i had, and an harbor freight badlands but they both have removable controls

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[Tinman]

All the winches I saw have the wires connected by screws. So, changing relays and controller is easy. Some controllers on ebay come all in one - relay and controller, like mine.