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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 04:09 PM
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got a warn 2.0 winch.. put a synthetic rope on it (great) not really.. i'm having problems with the rock guard hanging in the winch.. which is not letting the rope come out.. i'm having to take the rollers off just to pull the guard out so the rope will come out.. need help.. winches are no good if you cann't get the rope to come out..
 
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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you should not have rollers w/ syntec rope..u should have the hawse port mount
 
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 04:39 PM
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Some roller fairleads are bigger than others, but you should use the hawse style fairleads with synthetic rope
 
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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yea i would def not use the roller on my syntec rope... that would really weakin it and fray it i think... here is the best pic i could find of mine

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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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i dont get it. why would no rollers be better than rollers? youd think it be less strain on the rope useing a rollar fair lead compaierd to the solid alum ones. makes no sense to me.
 
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 07:20 PM
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They say, either make sure your rollers are darn smooth or buy a new fairlead if your switching from steel
 
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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Cut off that crappy rock guard it's gonna cause you nothing but heartaches. I cut mine off first thing when I got it. My friend has a rhino with a warn xt on it and we had to hook my X2 to the cable to get it spooled out when his sleeve got tangled up.
 
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 08:46 PM
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it is the warn replacement kit.. when you buy it it comes with a new roller fairhead and a synthetic rope.. plus i got a new hook for my rope..
 
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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here is a picture of the winch..
 
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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i dunno.. that roller looks like it was made for synthetic rope... i know my old one for cable didnt look like that... but the hawse mount dont let mine bind or get wedged.. i dunno if you are having that problem.. my tree sleeve gave me trouble a couple times with the guard in the back.. i just bent it out a little more... mynes a super winch tho not a warn...

i bought my rope off ebay for like 45.00 to my door and came with the hawse mount
 
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