Winch Fair-lead,Nylon.

oldblue · Post by **oldblue** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:28 pm

Hi, Doe's anyone know where i can get a Nylon fairlead from, or who can make one for a Landcruiser Electric Winch. This winch has a slightly smaller winch drum ( length)

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 12:23 am

If you find nothing off the shelf then talk to Engineering Plastics in Chch... they do some interesting things with various different plastics...

Steve

Leithfield · Post by **Leithfield** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:02 am

I have one that I could possibly be tempted to part with (spent all my savings so winch project now on back-burner :cry:

):

UHMW Hawse Fairleads
This new Hawse Fairlead is machined to directly replace a Warn style steel hawse fairlead. 10 inch mounting spread.

Why UHMW? There are many reasons why uhmw is a better choice than aluminum for a hawse fairlead.

#1 Uhmw contacting uhmw rope has almost 0% wear, as uhmw is a self lubricating plastic.

#2 Uhmw is slightly lighter.

#3 You can run cable on Uhmw, aluminum you can't without extreme wear problems.

#4 It costs less which means you have more to spend on our other parts.

#5 if you scratch/cut/slice you aluminum fairlead, and your rope contacts that scratch, it acts as a knife, and cuts your rope. If you do the same with Uhmw it doesn't even concern the rope because it is the same material, working with itself.

PM if interested.

oldblue · Post by **oldblue** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:11 pm

Thanks for the offer, Looking for a Nylon Fair lead that is 7 to 7.5" in side the gap , as the genuine Toyota electric winch has a shorter but deeper drum. The one that is corrently on the winch allows the rope to chaff on the sides of the drum.

JJ · Post by JJ » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:55 pm

Talk to Classique Plastics in Napier