Winch cable...

[Joopin]

dash code 12 on 94 zj..what does it mean?

I was looking at my winch cable today... the loop for the hook is created by doubling back the cable and holding it together with 3 small u bolt assemblys. I don't know what else to call them but it has a u bolt around the cable, through a contoured plate, and a pair of nuts on the other side.

Anyway, this does not look like it came from WARN this way, nor does it look safe. I found this picture of how it should be...

What is that holding the loop? Where can I get one? I don't really wanna buy a whole new 100 ft of cable.

also... I got a winch cover for it, put it on, and it covers half the radiator! Will this restricted air flow be sufficiant enough to make my jeep overheat?

Thanks for any help.
Joop

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

Those wire tires are not the way most winch cables are made. Mine has 4 on it now because I broke the cable and am using a shorter section. There are specs fir using the wire ties correctly, for my 5/16" cable it was 4 wire ties at a certain spacing. Remember "never saddle a dead horse' which means that the saddle (curved metal piece the ubolt goes through) should never be on the dead end of the cable, it should be on the long end that goes back into the winch.

You'll have to find a shop that works with cable that can press a stamped clamp like the Warn cables, or buy a new cable. Got my 150' cable off Ebay for about $70 from a place out of TX.

 

[Joopin]

I'll check those wire ties to see if they are right, where can I find out the specs to see how many i need and how much spacing?

Thanks

 

[TwistedCU]

Joop

That is fine for holding that winch line. When I was a lineman, I spent alot of time working on Catenary, which is the electric lines that power electric trains (Amtrak, light rail). That is how we dead-ended many of those lines and they were at higher tensions than your winch is capable of. The pressed connectors were forbidden and will not be as strong or reliable. Bounty is absolutly right about the saddle. I hadn't heard that phrase in years, but it is the standard.

By the way, we called them Crosby clamps, but there are other names for them. Crosby was the manufacturer of the ones we used.

If all three are tight you should be good to go, but make sure. A fourth probably isn't needed but if you want the insurance by all means put one on.

TC

 

[Joopin]

Sweet, thanks Twisted.

 

[TwistedCU]

torque specs for ring gear

as far as spacing, there should be enough space between each one that the wire is raised up slightly, but not so much as to put an air gap between the 2 cables. This ensures a bite while under tension. It would be better to space them too far apart than too close together, so long as the cables remain together. I hope that made sense :?

 

[graewulf]

Re: amazing tool

The clamps are far stronger than a crimp. The crimp may be the way they do it from the factory, but the clamps were used long before the crimps were invented. All suspension bridges use the same system to hold their cables believe it or not, not crimps...

 

[Joopin]

Guess what, I went wheelin today, had to use my winch on this ford that got high centered... the clamps, Crosby clamps that is... were wrong, the guy that I got it from Saddled a Dead Horse! They came loose and the hook came off the cable. So I put them on the right way and everything worked great, good thing I checked up on this post this morning!