I use a 5 pound slide hammer to get cables unstuck. Made a steel loop to screw on the end then hook the winch hook through it. Trip the winch free wheel **** and start hammering. Worked pretty good for me so far. I have a 9 ton winch on my wrecker, hace hoseclamped the slide hammer to the cable and unstuck bound cable in it with the slide hammer also.

----- Gimpster -----

 

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bushing upgrade kit?

thanks for the idea gimpster, but i used the car frame mechine at work.chainer the frame down and pulled at the cabel with the towers. no go and i really didnt want to dammage the houseing on the winch too much.