Synthetic cable on Warn Winch

[sidmabb]

I decided to go with Dyneema cable. My winch has a hole through the drum that widens on the back side. The new cable has no end, it's just cut off. I am worried that I will need a lot of line some day and pull to much out and end up with a cable no longer attached to the winch. I thought about knotting the cable after slipping it through so it couldn't come out but decided against it. I ended up tying a couple shoe strings near the end so I know to stop. I would rather have a better safeguard . What do you guys do?

[swampcat07]

Make sure you change the fairlead to a Hawse type one for the synthetic rope.

[Mudflap64]

Roller or hawse type fairlead & your winch Mfg. ( mine is warn ) should make a wedge lock that locks the line into the hole in the drum. I had one for mine but lost it. You simply thread the line through the hole in the drum then drive the wedge in from the back side , hence locking the cable to the drum. Hope that helps.

[pmnova]

Give GoWarn a call they should be able to get u the wedge locks that u need. 1-888-219-0090 you can go to their website at gowarn.com and check them out first.