![]() I wash them if they get packed with dirt/mud, leaving them unspooled and stretched taut until dry, then respool, guiding the cable evenly on the drum. When I'm done the cable is smoothly spooled without any kinks or crossovers.Īs for oiling the cable. On my Jeeps I use my remote control and guide the cable by hand while spooling. On my ATVs I do that while sitting on them and watching the cable spool. ![]() Then I engage the winch and start spooling in cable while dragging the vehicle and guiding the cable back and forth across the spool. I do this by hooking the cable hook to a stationary object, put the winch in freespool and back the vehicle away from the hook until I have unrolled down to a good straight spool. When you park the vehicle for the day it's very important that you unroll the cable and respool the cable manually, guiding the cable back and forth across the drum so that it is not crossed over itself and will be ready for use the next use without kinks. Don't worry about that too much while pulling unless it piles up on one end of the drum so much that it starts rubbing on the winch structure or fairlead. It's inevitable that the cable will spool tangled and crossed over when used. That will be determined by the direction of pull. The Roller Fairlead will do nothing to guide the cable when spooling. All of my comments below are in regards to steel cable. Whooooppss, gotta counter this statement.
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