Factory winch rope replacement

[DustCloud]

Has anyone replaced the rope on the factory winch rope? Mine got jammed on an angle pull moving a tree, and chewed the rope up.

It looks like I could perhaps remove the fairlead to gain sufficient access.... does anyone know if nuts behind the hex bolts are captive?

 

[Jean Mercier]

Has anyone replaced the rope on the factory winch rope? Mine got jammed on an angle pull moving a tree, and chewed the rope up.

It looks like I could perhaps remove the fairlead to gain sufficient access.... does anyone know if nuts behind the hex bolts are captive?

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If you remove the front skid plate, you have somewhat a better access to the rope, but I don't know if this is sufficient to replace it.

 

[DustCloud]

Thanks for the advise. An update. Turns out the bolts for the fairlead are backed by captive nuts, however it probably would not have been sufficient to use that as the only access as the rope had been forced into a tight mess and I had to cut it out in sections to remove it (un-spooling wasn't going to work).

With all the rope removed in parts I made the observation the red sleeve (which indicates its time to stop spooling, out as seen from the drivers seat perspective) was 3.2m-3.4m from the end of the rope (its about 20cm in length).

Next to make a new cable....

 

[Tinerfeño]

IMHO hidden instalation of winch is not good. One should see the drum and unwind rope before above happens. This is the reason why I have deleted winch from my spec and will make my own solution for this, probably also with a longer rope.

 

[Turbine205]

Thanks for the advise. An update. Turns out the bolts for the fairlead are backed by captive nuts, however it probably would not have been sufficient to use that as the only access as the rope had been forced into a tight mess and I had to cut it out in sections to remove it (un-spooling wasn't going to work).

With all the rope removed in parts I made the observation the red sleeve (which indicates its time to stop spooling, out as seen from the drivers seat perspective) was 3.2m-3.4m from the end of the rope (its about 20cm in length).

Next to make a new cable....

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An old thread but just in case you see this - were you able to fit a replacement winch rope just by removing the fairlead? How does the rope attach to the drum?

 

[Tazzieman]

An old thread but just in case you see this - were you able to fit a replacement winch rope just by removing the fairlead? How does the rope attach to the drum?

I haven't had to do it but this thingy is the doova you need

 

[Turbine205]

I haven't had to do it but this thingy is the doova you need

Never seen one of these before - the description makes it pretty obvious how it works - great idea! many thanks.

 

[Zimm]

There should always be easy access to the winch drum from the top, and sufficient drum size for biased line stacking, as it's going to happen, especially with synth.

 

[Turbine205]

FWIW I was going to use a buntline hitch but I am not very familiar with synthetic ropes and I am worried about slippage. The Bubba Rope thing that was suggested by @Tazzieman I think will help stop slippage... although have not yet tested how far they will post it!