Position of Aluminium Hawse Fairlead?

[Glenn-BJ74]

I am replacing my steel wire rope on my BJ74 PTO winch with synthetic rope. I need to replace the old steel roller fairlead with an aluminum hawse fairlead and have a question with respect to its best position.

The PTO winch steel roller fairlead, which has a 2 1/2" slot between the top and bottom roller is centered on the drum. Aluminum hawse fairleads typically have a slot of less than 1". Positioning the new fairlead on the center of the drum would result more downward deflection of the cable through the narrower slot, even on a straight pull, since the wire rope comes off the top of the coil on the PTO winch. (I believe most others come off the bottom).

So I am considering moving the new aluminum fairlead up from center on the drum - so my question is by how much?

 

[Radd Cruisers]

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[Glenn-BJ74]

This is part of my PTO 'front porch' renovation project this spring which involves removing my mangled front bumper and the front 3" channel the steel roller fairlead sits in...

 

[kbushnz]

Its a catch 22 situation, as you spool rope off (on a straight pull) it will hit the bottom of the hawse.
I would just aim for a mid point between fully spooled rope on the drum and no rope.
At some point in your winching its going to be rubbing on the hawse....

 

[Brock]

you can also find the hawse with the slot offset for exactly that reason....check out Viking, MasterPull and a few other synthetic rope vendors and you should find what you are lookin for.

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