Installation Instructions; Installation - Warn Industries M15-S Guide D'installation Et Operateur

WARNING When upgrading from wire to synthetic
winch rope, a WARN Hawse Fairlead is necessary.
NOTICE Any wire rope damage on drum may be smoothed
with ne emery paper.
Standard Duty, Heavyweight, Ultra
Performance & Premium Series
Synthetic Winch Rope Installation:
THE FOLLOWING STEPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND IF NOT
PRECISELY FOLLOWED THE LIFE OF THE WINCH AND WINCH
ROPE MAY BE COMPROMISED.
Things You Will Need:
Synthetic Winch Rope
• WARN®
• Abrasion Sleeve
• Rope Washer
• Button Head Bolt
• Gloves
• Loctite 271 or equivalent
• WARN® Hawse Fairlead (if replacing wire rope)
WARNING MOVING PARTS ENTANGLEMENT HAZARD.
Failure to observe these instructions could lead to serious
injury or death.
WARNING Always position fairlead with warning
readily visible on top.
CAUTION Always wear heavy leather gloves when
handling winch rope.
WARNING Always replace the WARN Fairlead if
damaged or abused.
WARNING Always keep hands clear of winch rope,
hook loop, hook and fairlead opening during installation,
operation, and when spooling in or out.
For synthetic winch rope applications, you must
have a Hawse Fairlead mounted to your winch. For
optimal performance, a WARN Hawse Fairlead is
strongly recommended. If you need to purchase
a new WARN Hawse Fairlead, contact your WARN
product dealer.
1. Disconnect the negative cable from the battery
that is used to power the winch.
WARNING Never bend rope around unprotected, sharp
corners.
WARNING Never use rope over a rough surface without
abrasion protection.
2. Slide the black abrasion sleeve over the rope
from the end opposite of the hook. Slide the
sleeve towards the hook end of the rope.
3. Insert the synthetic rope through the fairlead
and around the winch drum from the bottom.
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4. Apply Loctite 271 or equivalent product to
the supplied button head fastener.
5. Insert the button head fastener supplied and
the machined rope washer. Before tightening
the bolt, install the rope eyelet on the
machined rope washer. Tighten button head
bolt.
6. Reconnect negative cable to the battery that is
used to power the winch.
Rope
Rope Washer
Button Head Bolt
Always wind the winch rope on bottom
WARNING
(mount side) of drum.
WARNING Never operate winch with less than 10
wraps of winch rope around the drum. Rope could come
loose from the drum, as the winch rope attachment to the
drum is not designed to hold a load.
Never touch winch rope or hook while
WARNING
someone else is at the control switch or during winching
operation.
7. Turn the clutch lever on the winch to the
"Engaged" position. NOTE: If you own a Zeon
Platinum Winch, you will use your wireless remote
control to engage your winch.
8. Power in and wind 10 wraps of winch rope onto
the drum while applying tension on the winch
rope.
Proceed to the 'Rope Spooling Instructions'
section of this document.
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WARNING When upgrading from wire to synthetic winch
rope, a WARN Hawse Fairlead is necessary and you must use
the 5/16" anchor puck supplied in your synthetic rope kit
(sizes vary).
NOTICE Any wire rope damage on drum may be smoothed
with ne emery paper.
Zeon Synthetic Series Rope

Installation:

THE FOLLOWING STEPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND IF NOT
PRECISELY FOLLOWED THE LIFE OF THE WINCH AND WINCH
ROPE MAY BE COMPROMISED.
Things You Will Need:
• WARN® Synthetic Winch Rope
• Abrasion Sleeve
• Installation wire
• 5/16" Anchor Puck
• Gloves
• WARN® Hawse Fairlead (if replacing wire rope)
WARNING MOVING PARTS ENTANGLEMENT HAZARD.
Failure to observe these instructions could lead to serious
injury or death.
WARNING Always Know Your Winch. Take time to fully
read the Instructions and/or Operations Guide, and/or Basic
Guide to Winching Techniques, in order to understand your
winch and its operations.
WARNING Always position fairlead with warning
readily visible on top.
CAUTION Always wear heavy leather gloves when
handling winch rope.
Always replace the WARN Fairlead if
WARNING
damaged or abused.
For synthetic winch rope applications, you must
have a Hawse Fairlead mounted to your winch. For
optimal performance, a WARN Hawse Fairlead is
strongly recommended. If you need to purchase
a new WARN Hawse Fairlead, contact your WARN
product dealer.
1. Disconnect the negative cable from the battery
that is used to power the winch.
Never bend rope around unprotected, sharp
WARNING
corners.
WARNING Never use rope over a rough surface without
abrasion protection.
2. Slide the abrasion sleeve over the rope from the
end opposite the hook. Slide the sleeve back to
the hook end of the rope.
3. Insert the synthetic rope through the fairlead
and around the winch drum from the bottom.
4. Before installing the synthetic rope, thread
the installation wire through the loop of the
rope and ease the rope loop through the rope
anchor pocket.
5. Once the rope has been partially pulled through
pocket, wrap the wire ends around the head of
pliers to complete pulling rope loop through
pocket.
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