How to Fix a Broken Winch Cable

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
  • Quick and easy repair for broken cables

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  • @BetterDays
    @BetterDays  3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hi! Let me know if you liked/disliked the video and if you have any suggestions for future videos. I hope this helped you out, thanks for watching and have a great day :)

    • @GOOGLEUSER-js3vf
      @GOOGLEUSER-js3vf 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi James. Great video. Just wondering, how long will this method last when I am constantly and repeatedly raising and lowering my very heavy solid steel plate snow plow on my Polaris Sportsman 500 ATV with a 3000LB Champion wench. I cannot be left stranded relying on this method and waiting to use my winch after the next heavy snowfall; only to have it disconnect shortly after I start using it.

    • @BetterDays
      @BetterDays  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      From my experience it seems to be as strong the rest of the cable. I've been using this method on my kodiak 700 with a plow for a few years now with no issues. The only time I had a break using this loop was on the cable about 2 feet back while pulling another atv uphill and the loop was still intact. Good luck hopefully everything works well for you 👍

  • @capnkente1
    @capnkente1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Boy, this would sure help out in the bush with a stuck UTV! Nice job, young man! These types of videos are a godsend to people! Keep up the good HELPFUL videos!

  • @VelvetYeti
    @VelvetYeti 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nice! Mine just broke in the middle of plowing, so I'm going to try this when I get home

  • @lorensmith9700
    @lorensmith9700 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the video. Just broke my cable while plowing this will let me finish the job. Then I’m gonna buy a good synthetic rope!

    • @BetterDays
      @BetterDays  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice! Glad it helped :)

  • @kenharrington370
    @kenharrington370 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Holy freaking sh!t man you are amazing. This saved me so much frustration. Broke my cable tonight after about 2 feet of snow in upstate new york and after I barely even got started plowing. I can't believe how easy this was to do. Im gonna do a little better job with it tomorrow but this was so quick and easy and I was able to go right back out and get the driveway passable for another day. Thank you so much.

    • @BetterDays
      @BetterDays  ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome glad I could help! Good luck with all that snow

  • @audreychampagne9238
    @audreychampagne9238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very efficient knot. I used it on a broken winch cable, and it's been holding up strong ever since. Thank you 😊

    • @GOOGLEUSER-js3vf
      @GOOGLEUSER-js3vf 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. That's my question. How long will this method last when I am constantly raising and lowering my very heavy solid steel plate plow?

  • @thehimself4056
    @thehimself4056 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the advice. My rope just broke the other day. Now it’s fixed until I can replace it

  • @crossfamilycircus
    @crossfamilycircus ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much! Needed this to finish plowing my driveway after my winch cable snapped. 😊

    • @BetterDays
      @BetterDays  ปีที่แล้ว

      No problem! Glad I could help :)

  • @carljung6087
    @carljung6087 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you James. Now I just hope that my cable didn't recoil and tangle back up into my winch too badly. I'm definitely going to try this molly technique.

    • @BetterDays
      @BetterDays  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hopefully it's not too bad. Let me know how it goes!

  • @dales9541
    @dales9541 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this. Broke my cable tonight. Will try this.

    • @BetterDays
      @BetterDays  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad I could help :)

  • @teddy21
    @teddy21 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome! Thanks, man! This is super helpful to know. I'm putting it to action right now. I thought I'd be waiting for sleeves in the mail and hoping they're the right size.

    • @BetterDays
      @BetterDays  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad I could help! It's always held up well for me on all sorts of different cable sizes. Just make sure you leave a long enough tail at the end and you shouldn't have any problems

    • @teddy21
      @teddy21 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BetterDays it was a total success and so easy to do :) Didn't take me much longer than the video.
      I haven't used it for anything but my plow so far. Have you found it can hold up for bigger jobs?

    • @BetterDays
      @BetterDays  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've used it for plows and pulled an ATV out of a mud pit and up a pretty steep hill. I don't have a winch on my truck to test but my Yamaha Kodiak 700 is pretty heavy and it hasn't broken since the original loop came undone. I use the winch all the time at the offroad park

    • @teddy21
      @teddy21 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@BetterDays It's been over 2 years now and I've done all sorts of things. I've pulled downed trees and atv's and it's still holding up! Thanks again for this video!

    • @BetterDays
      @BetterDays  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome, glad to hear it!

  • @DCSPORTSTER
    @DCSPORTSTER 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That’s an awesome trail fix that’ll work until you get home to fix it properly.

  • @braikka
    @braikka ปีที่แล้ว

    That's really cool & so simple. Thanks👍

  • @knotbumper
    @knotbumper 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Actually, it is called a "farmer's eye." Or, more formally a "Flemish eye." A Molly Hogan is a single strand of cable used as a keeper pin to stop a larger pin from sliding out. Like a cotter pin. Your tail needs to be a minimum of 10 times the diameter of the cable. If, you don't want to effect a permanent repair, you need two Crosby clamps to secure the tail.

  • @wesleyvanweert7404
    @wesleyvanweert7404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is amazing. Thank you

  • @MrMdandnor
    @MrMdandnor ปีที่แล้ว

    I have done this today. Lets see how it works 😊

  • @mattdavis9217
    @mattdavis9217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh sweet now I don't need to buy a new $80 cable

    • @BetterDays
      @BetterDays  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome! Glad I could help

  • @EckehartWuensche
    @EckehartWuensche 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    At rigging school, that is known as a Flemish loop.

  • @chiefmarkkelly7512
    @chiefmarkkelly7512 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Every Boy Scout should know this from rope class. Well old Boy Scouts. I shot a 22 as a Cub Scout but my son shot a BB gun at the same level not sure what they teach now.

  • @boostedlemon8210
    @boostedlemon8210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's pretty cool

  • @guskoerner75
    @guskoerner75 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool. Thanks!

  • @IRONMANMETALBILLDANKANIS
    @IRONMANMETALBILLDANKANIS 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cool man, thanks

  • @janewolf4541
    @janewolf4541 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good.

  • @martyhorvatich3098
    @martyhorvatich3098 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome!! Thank you!!

  • @jacquescote2585
    @jacquescote2585 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome !!!❤

  • @hphillips7425
    @hphillips7425 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice thanks 👍🏻

    • @BetterDays
      @BetterDays  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad I could help!

  • @alexanderford4653
    @alexanderford4653 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Will that half the SWL ?

    • @BetterDays
      @BetterDays  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It should be around 80-90% the original strength. I haven't had any issues with this method, just make sure the tail is long enough so it doesn't start to unwind

    • @DanisBuoy
      @DanisBuoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This method of splicing an eye is stronger than a simple loop and clamp. Good video!