Roller fairlead with rope?
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I personally think that steel unused rollers are the better option, the poly ones just don't seem strong enough. I have never used them though. I am glad you brought rollers up, cause I think most guys think if you run synth. you have to run a hawse. I have even heard a couple 'necks around here claiming that a synth line will hang up in a roller. not true at all.
Are you using poly or steel rollers wol?
Are you using poly or steel rollers wol?
Cuople things. The steel rollers have spaces on the top and bottom of them which creates a gap and you have to be very careful that your rope on certain pulls does not get pinched in those gaps. Sounds uncommon but it actually does happen.
The Poly rollers are pretty sweet they are really solid and they take up that gap.
David
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Cuople things. The steel rollers have spaces on the top and bottom of them which creates a gap and you have to be very careful that your rope on certain pulls does not get pinched in those gaps. Sounds uncommon but it actually does happen.
The Poly rollers are pretty sweet they are really solid and they take up that gap.
David
The Poly rollers are pretty sweet they are really solid and they take up that gap.
David
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Have you heard of any poly ones breaking or anything? I am sure the bolt running through it is grade 8 or whatever.
You reuse the hardware that your roller uses so I doubt you will break those either.
you can see in this picture this is all the kit comes with and is all you need.
http://www.northridge4x4.com/proddet...rod=DS-ROLLERS
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I'm running these with my synthetic rope on one of my Jeeps. Why these for $40 and not the billet hawse fairlead for a few bucks more? Because I saved my original steel winch cable for a spare so if I happen to break my synthetic rope, I might need to switch back to the steel one and due to the fact that I have to pull my winch from the bumper to get at the backside of the fairlead mounting bolts, it's way easier to just swap rollers if I would do a cable changeout.
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From: MOKENA ILL
I'm running these with my synthetic rope on one of my Jeeps. Why these for $40 and not the billet hawse fairlead for a few bucks more? Because I saved my original steel winch cable for a spare so if I happen to break my synthetic rope, I might need to switch back to the steel one and due to the fact that I have to pull my winch from the bumper to get at the backside of the fairlead mounting bolts, it's way easier to just swap rollers if I would do a cable changeout.
great point
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From: uniontown,pa
http://my.project-jk.com/uploads/214...15roolers2.jpg
They cut somewhat ez...this was on a side pull and not even that hard of a pull.
They cut somewhat ez...this was on a side pull and not even that hard of a pull.
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From: Rocky Mount,NC
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Steel winch line stores a lot of kinetic energy so when it breaks there is a high chance of injury or damaging of the vehicle. Synthetic line has more of a dead-snap so when it does break it drops to the ground without the threat of launching through your radiator, or worse, your body.
