Anyone have an extra roller fairlead?

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SoCal_80

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My vertical rollers do not come close to lining up with the upper mounting points on the ARB. Does someone have an extra roller that will fit ? Thanks in advance....
 
Try to pick one up for free. If you can't, I'd just upgrade to synthetic line and a hawse fairlead. That was my plan anyways until someone gave me one for free.
 
mkfour said:
Try to pick one up for free. If you can't, I'd just upgrade to synthetic line and a hawse fairlead. That was my plan anyways until someone gave me one for free.
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Hey, long time no talk.
So tell me, did the vertical rollers line up properly with the holes on your bumper ? From what i can gather, the Warn 5472 roller lines up and I just need to re-drill to mount it to the face of the bumper. The roller that came with mine does not even come close and i would have to elongate the holes on the bumper to something looking like an oval. Did you already put syn line on and you have a roller you don't need ? If so, let me know and I can drop you some $$ .:D
 
Yes you drill out the fairlead itself. Push the warn fairlead up into the bumper mark the holes from the backside and drill it out. Real simple. I have a m12000 with the same fairlead you just bought and i had to drill it out also.
 
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Brentbba said:
Don't drill the bumper - as Dave said - drill the fairlead!!!
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yep, that is what i have read and no where in the ARB documentation (for once i actually kept the instructions) does it say to drill out the bumper itself..Only the roller. I am afraid though that there will be nothing really keeping the vertical rollers from "moving around" for the lack of a better term. I guess the bolt and nut on either end will be sufficient even though the hole is now going to be more of an oval.
 
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The vertical rollers attach to the large protruding tab on the ARB, that's what it's there for (unless you cut it off).
 
SoCal_80 said:
Hey, long time no talk.
So tell me, did the vertical rollers line up properly with the holes on your bumper ? From what i can gather, the Warn 5472 roller lines up and I just need to re-drill to mount it to the face of the bumper. The roller that came with mine does not even come close and i would have to elongate the holes on the bumper to something looking like an oval. Did you already put syn line on and you have a roller you don't need ? If so, let me know and I can drop you some $$ .:D
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The rollers on mine are from a Warn, and the fairlead doesn't look to be designed to have the rollers attached to the bumper, just the fairlead itself. So mine has a gap of about 1/4 inch between the tabs and the top of the fairlead. It's a non-issue as I will buy a synthetic cable and hawse fairlead in the future.
 
The ARB bumper comes with a fairlead mounting kit that includes longer bolts (and instructions) for the vertical rollers. You can have my mounting kit if you are interested (assuming I can find it).

PM me if interested.
 
boydmick said:
The vertical rollers attach to the large protruding tab on the ARB, that's what it's there for (unless you cut it off).
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Nope i didn't cut it off but the vertical rollers on my fairlead do not line up with the holes in the protruding tab. Lets say (i am just guessing here) that the holes on the tab from center to center are lets say 14 inches. The holes on the vertical rollers on my fairlead are 15 inches center-to-center.

I know my description is probably as clear as mud, so i will try to take a photo tomorrow. Thanks again to everyone trying to lend a hand a put up with my terrible descriptions!
 
I totally see what you're saying... Weird.. something's wrong then dude. The Warn rollers are supposed to line up.. vertically on the horizontal width of that tab on the bumper. Out of the box you're can drop the long ARB bolts down through the rollers.

Warn makes 21 different fairleads according to their site. ATV, Auto and Industrial. Maybe they accidently boxed the wrong fairlead and put the industrial version in it?

Here's ours.. i can measure whatever you need tomorrow.


 
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SOCALFJ said:
I totally see what you're saying... Weird.. something's wrong then dude. The Warn rollers are supposed to line up.. vertically on the horizontal width of that tab on the bumper. Out of the box you're can drop the long ARB bolts down through the rollers.

Warn makes 21 different fairleads according to their site. ATV, Auto and Industrial. Maybe they accidently boxed the wrong fairlead and put the industrial version in it?

Here's ours.. i can measure whatever you need tomorrow.


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Thanks! Yep, my vertical rollers are about 1/4'' or so too wide on either side of the holes in the tab of the bumper. Oh well, off to the 4wd parts store i guess. Thanks again!
 
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