CABLE SOCKETS
3. Seat the wedge and loop just tightly enough to allow
handling by attaching the socket to a strong support and
engaging the winch to take a strain on the rope.
4. Final seating of the wedge is accomplished by making
lifts of gradually increasing loads. Avoid imposing
shock loading on the rope until the wedge is firmly in
place.
Use only factory supplied sockets, wedges, and pins of the
proper size; make no substitutions.
Follow the procedure below when installing wedge type
sockets on wire rope. Be certain the correct socket and wedge
are used.
1. Lead the rope through the socket, form a large loop and
draw the rope end back through the socket. A length of
rope equal to at least one rope lay should be drawn back
through.
Never use a steel hammer or punch bar to move the
rope on the drum. These tools can easily damage the
rope.
After the wire rope is wound onto the winch drum, reeve
the cable as desired.
The wrong cable wedge could permit the wire rope to
work loose and detach itself from the drum, possibly
causing property damage or personal injury.
Tension the wire rope by braking the shipping reel and
slowly operate the winch in the raise mode to wind the
cable onto the winch drum. As the spooling proceeds, make
sure that adjacent turns are tight against one another. A lead
or brass hammer may be used to tap the rope over against
preceding turns. Tight winding on the drum is absolutely
essential.
2. Insert the wedge and allow the rope strands to adjust
around it.
5. After the wedge has been firmly seated, a short length
(6 inches) of the cable should be secured to the free end
of the wire rope to act as a stop as shown. Do not clamp
the free end to the load supporting end as this will
weaken the rope.
SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS
Issued: August 20036 - 24RT700 Series
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