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How To Install a Rear Winch on a Can-Am OutlanderMay 15/09 Written by Reidler After owning my quad for about a year now, I figured it would make more sense to have a winch on the back of it then it does to have one on the front. So I bought a Viper 4000lb model on eBay. The winch cost me $192.00 CDN all taxes and shipping in. I have to say I'm pretty impressed with it. It comes with everything needed and also came with a snatch block. In order to keep it as simple as possible. I mounted the winch on the factory rear hitch point. On the Can-Am this piece is removable and bolts directly to the frame and the rear dif. Here's 2 pics (top and bottom) of the factory unit unmodified. You can click on a thumbnail to open a larger photo in a new window.   I decided to make up a receiver hitch and add it to the quad as well. This will be welded to the bottom side of the factory hitch. I also added a large hole to the bottom of the receiver to act as a recovery point (this after Greg told me a hitch ball is NOT a recovery point :shock: ). Here's a pic of the receiver before it was welded in. You can see the large hole on the bottom.  After trimming the sides of the factory bracket, I welded in the receiver as pictured below.  Now I took the mounting plate that was included with the winch and welded that to the top of the whole assembly as shown below.   Here's a couple pics of it on a trial install to make sure everything fits.   Next I installed the winch and fairlead and bolted the whole assembly back onto the quad.   This pic shows how the receiver fits.  Now it's time to install all the wiring. The kit comes with solonoid, handle bar switch, remote switch, and all necessary wiring, hardware, and rubber terminal covers. First run the yellow and blue wires from the winch up to the solonoid.  Since I run a rear box on my quad, I can't use the factory rear storage area of the quad. So this makes the perfect, dry place to put the solonoid. Then run hot (red wire) and ground (black wire) to the battery. Can-Am's have all the electrical terminals in a handy spot right at the rear right on the quad. Made it real easy to hook up the winch lines.   Once that was all done I installed the remote plug in on the back side of the rear fender.   Next I installed the handle bar switch. Since Can-Am already gave me a switch and mounting plate for the front winch, I figured I would just make a small aluminum extension and mount the rear switch right beside it. In the second picture below you can see the aluminum bar. The rear switch is the one on the right. Yes, I had previously relocated the 2wd/4wd selector to the left side.   Here's a final picture showing the switch wiring entering the compartment through a grommet enclosed in loom.  Now I installed the hook, (forged hook too I might add. Even my 8000lb truck winch didn't come with a forged hook!) and rewound the cable tightly on the drum.  All Done! Since I won't have a chance to test it on a ride in the near future, I figured I better test it in my shop...    Seems to hold!! I installed the handle bar switch so it needs the key on to operate, and the rear remote so it does not. Hope this helps someone out on a future install project. Note: Reidler can do the bracket modifications for a nominal fee if you don't have a welder or you don't wish to do that part of the mod. Since the Outlander bracket is easy to remove, you can send it to him with your winch-mount plate; he'll do the welding, then all you have to do is install it back onto your Outlander, bolt the winch to the plate, and do the wiring. You can contact Reidler (Gary) at HiQ Fabrication in Langley, BC. |
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