installing synthetic winch rope
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Castle Rock, CO
It should feed out from the bottom of the drum, not over the top. I run synthetic line and love it. Snapped a 14000lb line and they just drop to the ground when they do snap instead of lashing out and taking out windshields and peoples arms.
Spool it the first time about 5 rotations with just the tension of a person pulling on it and then hook it to a tree, put the vehicle in neutral (flat surface, no hill) and spool it up with a helper using a large screwdriver to guide the line. Keep your fingers out of there. After the first spool under tension I usually just use one gloved hand to guide before the fairlead and same said large screwdriver set vertical in front of the drum to spool up nice and neat (field spooling). When you use it in the field remember not to unspool it so much that you have less than half a dozen rotations of line on the drum when you winch it back in.
Hope this helps.
Spool it the first time about 5 rotations with just the tension of a person pulling on it and then hook it to a tree, put the vehicle in neutral (flat surface, no hill) and spool it up with a helper using a large screwdriver to guide the line. Keep your fingers out of there. After the first spool under tension I usually just use one gloved hand to guide before the fairlead and same said large screwdriver set vertical in front of the drum to spool up nice and neat (field spooling). When you use it in the field remember not to unspool it so much that you have less than half a dozen rotations of line on the drum when you winch it back in.
Hope this helps.
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JK Freak
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: Charleston
It should feed out from the bottom of the drum, not over the top. I run synthetic line and love it. Snapped a 14000lb line and they just drop to the ground when they do snap instead of lashing out and taking out windshields and peoples arms.
Spool it the first time about 5 rotations with just the tension of a person pulling on it and then hook it to a tree, put the vehicle in neutral (flat surface, no hill) and spool it up with a helper using a large screwdriver to guide the line. Keep your fingers out of there. After the first spool under tension I usually just use one gloved hand to guide before the fairlead and same said large screwdriver set vertical in front of the drum to spool up nice and neat (field spooling). When you use it in the field remember not to unspool it so much that you have less than half a dozen rotations of line on the drum when you winch it back in.
Hope this helps.
Spool it the first time about 5 rotations with just the tension of a person pulling on it and then hook it to a tree, put the vehicle in neutral (flat surface, no hill) and spool it up with a helper using a large screwdriver to guide the line. Keep your fingers out of there. After the first spool under tension I usually just use one gloved hand to guide before the fairlead and same said large screwdriver set vertical in front of the drum to spool up nice and neat (field spooling). When you use it in the field remember not to unspool it so much that you have less than half a dozen rotations of line on the drum when you winch it back in.
Hope this helps.