Cable Pinching?
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Remedy
for the cable pinching situation You
need to remove all the cable from the winch by pulling the release handle on the
end and giving a quarter turn (without the kart on the
stand!!). It is easy once
you see how it attaches, it just pushes out. Then shorten it to 21 feet by
wrapping with electrical tape and cutting (a hammer and sharp chisel will do it
or a pneumatic cut off tool). Bolt cutters will make a mess of
it, a hack saw w/fine blade in a pinch. Remove the
tape. Then solder the end as it was from the factory or heat it and melt some
lead on it and file or grind even. When
the cable is off remove the winch from the stand and remove the metal spring
steel that applies pressure to the cable. Remove the bolts 4mm Allen head, and
place it in a vice and tap with a hammer to bend tighter. Enough so the metal is
close to the spool, almost touching. DO NOT TRY TO BEND IT WHILE IT IS BOLTED IN
PLACE!!!! THE LITTLE BOLTS WILL SNAP... TRUST ME ON THIS. When done replace on
the stand. Slide
the cable back in, bend it over as it was before, a little tricky but doable, I
use vice grips. Use a hammer to tap it all the way back in while pulling it in.
This will all make sense when you see how the cable attaches. Then use leather
gloves when re-winding the spool with the hand control. Keep it even and tight. It
sounds like a lot of work but takes less than an hour and is worth the effort. I
do this for all the stands now, it only takes 20 min when doing the final
assembly, and sorry I didn't realize this trick sooner. |
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