It took 2 ppl for me. One person holding the rubber stopper, and the other put a long pair of needle nose pliers thru the rubber, grabed the rope, and pulled. Its a pain, but can be done.
Winding synthetic rope on Superwinch Terra
I got my winch installed this weekend but did not install the rope / hause until I had received the rubber winch stopper.
The Superwich rope comes with electrical tape on the end and goes through the hole. I played around with it a little while on the easiest way to feed it through and looking for a way to pull it through like with a spring hook. It just compresses and expands so does not fit through hole.
I searched online and one atv place said you may need to bore it out a hair to give it enough room to pull through. The rope is just taped to the drum.
The Superwich rope comes with electrical tape on the end and goes through the hole. I played around with it a little while on the easiest way to feed it through and looking for a way to pull it through like with a spring hook. It just compresses and expands so does not fit through hole.
I searched online and one atv place said you may need to bore it out a hair to give it enough room to pull through. The rope is just taped to the drum.
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I have not got to the stopper yet. I was looking at getting it through the hole in the drum.It took 2 ppl for me. One person holding the rubber stopper, and the other put a long pair of needle nose pliers thru the rubber, grabed the rope, and pulled. Its a pain, but can be done.
Here is an image.
Wasn't that fun getting the synthetic rope through the hole on the winch drum. I had 3/16 rope and I ran a 1/4" clearing the hole in the winch of any burs. There was a allen screw on my winch to lock the rope in place. I backed that out then cut the rope on a slant and tightly taped it. I was able to grab the end with a pair of needlenose pliers and pulled the line through. I tightened the screw cut off the excess. It held and I guided the rope onto the winch. It was a pain but it's done and the synthetic rope is so much easier to hand than the 5/32 galv. cable that came on the winch.
I was working with a XT30 Warn winch. Getting the line thru was nothing cause of the sleeve they put on the line, then you put a little ball in the groove, bend rop and stick in the hole and then pull the rope, but don't pull it to hard, then start winding. That was on a Warn winch.
I don't know how this winch is.
I don't know how this winch is.
Mission Accomplished.
I posted my winch install write up in a new thread but all I did was replace the tape applied to the end of the rope with a new wrap (less total wraps) using electrical tape and it pushed through very easily -- seconds after trying many minutes with the factory wrap. I taped it to the drum and wound it up !! Woo hoo!
I posted my winch install write up in a new thread but all I did was replace the tape applied to the end of the rope with a new wrap (less total wraps) using electrical tape and it pushed through very easily -- seconds after trying many minutes with the factory wrap. I taped it to the drum and wound it up !! Woo hoo!
Good deal!!!!!!!!!! I am glad you got her up and running. I hope you posted pics in the other thread!!!!!!!
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