I use my winch to raise and lower my 60" Moose Plow, and it has broke twice on me. I believe I saw a strap or rope replacement for the winch somewhere does anyone have any idea where you can get one of these.

I do have a heavy duty roller fairlead but still having cable problems

 

WWW.BCoffroad.com has the synthedic rope. Also try WWW. Rockymountainatvmc.com they have a sale going but not sure if they have the rope, just checked their catolog and they dont.

When using the synthedic rope I heard you need to convert over to a hause fairlead and I think its recomended you use a special type, maybe its teflon coated or something.

I read here on the forums that I guy kept his roller fairlead and romoved the winch cable. Then he used a flat tow strap and screwed it on to the spindle using sheetmetal self tapping screws. Interesting idea as long as it dosn't introduce a way to get moisture inside the winch. For that I would first confirm it doesn't. If not then I would drill and tap the holes and use machine screws instead, then deburr and buff the spindle. Then I would use a small cross bar like a u-bolt. Use a decent length so it can lock the strap on the spindle, shorten down if too long.

Hope that helps.

Aaron

 

Sorry I just checked and the web site is http://bc-offroad.com

These are good guys I've bought my 3000lb Warn winch from. They are low key and enjoy what they do and went way out of their way to explain my questions without rushing me.

Go to winch accessories. Thats what you are looking for.

Aaron

 

I have seen the flat straps advertised before, just cant rememver where.

I have no idea how the winch cable is attatched to the winch, does anyone here know??

 

I am the one that did the strap trick. I called Warn before I did it, and they said "Go for it". Click on my pics to see finished results.

I also asked Warn if I could reverse the main leads on the winch to have the strap wind to the top of the drum, but they said definitely NOT. The gears are stronger in the factory set direction of rotation. The only way to achieve this, would be to rotate the winch end to end. I didn't feel that the effort was worth it.

I can give more details if needed.

 

How exactly did you hook the strap to the winch?

 

I drilled three 1/8" holes (equally spaced) horizontally across the face of the winch spool. I used a red hot awl to make three correcponding holes in the end of the strap. I used three (relatively flat headed) panhead self-tapping screws to attach the strap to the spool. It took approximately 12' of strap to fill the spool.

I had previously used this same strap on a different atv for 2 years with no problems at all.

 

This should help. Masterpull or All Terain Online

The only downside to synthetic ropes is you need to keep them relativaly clean. Dirt that works its way into the fibers will grind and chafe the fibers and eventually cause it to break. But they do have very high breaking strengths compared to equivelant galvinial cabels.