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Originally Posted by ChrisK
Well, here I am almost 6 months later and have made almost no progress. Par for the course. I dragged the winch out of storage today to clean it up a bit more. I split the case and added a drain plug, as recommended elsewhere.
I have access to a CNC plasma cutter locally, so I may try making my own winch plate for this thing. I'm still trying to figure out how it all mounts up. Today's fairleads seem to be 10" between mounting holes and only 7" or so across; my winch spool is 8.5" wide. How much does that matter, if at all? In your photos, FF LC FREAK, it appears that the fairlead is narrower than the spool, so I guess it works...
The other question I have is (since my truck lives 3 hours away) how much room I have between the rails to adjust things. The CCOT bumpers appear to put the cable hole dead center. If I mount the 6000 that way, will it fit? Will I be able to get to the "oil level" hole? Or should I push on to make the cable hole off center a bit (yours is 2" towards the driver)? (And how big is that cable hole, anyway? I see 2" high ... and compute the width to 8", which is narrower than the spool?)
Thanks.
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Hi Chris,
Sorry to hear you haven't made any progress. I would take some more pictures for you, but I'm clear across the country in Maryland taking a class. I can get you some pictures when I get back around 6/1.
I can answer a couple of questions for you. Yes, the fairlead is a little narrawer than the spool. It seems to work okay.
As far as the center hole, I'm pretty sure it is only 8" wide. I did it that way so that the fairlead would fit over it. The cable does not rub on the metal at all. My winch is mounted in the center, so I made the cable hole offset to match the winch. I'm not sure it would fit if you tried to center the hole. The problem isn't the frame rails since there is plenty of room. It is the triangular bumper gussets that take up space. I only have about an inch on either side of my winch plate.
Hopefully this helps. If you still want pictures, PM me and I'll get them to you when I get home.
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