Installation Instructions - Warn Zeon Platinum Guia De Instalacion

Synthetic Rope Installation:
THE FOLLOWING STEPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND IF NOT
PRECISELY FOLLOWED THE LIFE OF THE WINCH AND WINCH
ROPE MAY BE COMPROMISED.
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 fi ne emery paper.
Things You Will Need:
Synthetic Winch Rope
• WARN®
• Abrasion Sleeve
• Installation Wire
• 5/16" Anchor Puck
• Gloves
• Pliers
• WARN® Hawse Fairlead (if replacing wire rope)
WARNING MOVING PARTS ENTANGLEMENT HAZARD.
Failure to observe these instructions could lead to serious
injury or death.
Always Know Your Winch. Take time to fully
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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.
Always wear heavy leather gloves when
CAUTION
handling winch rope.
WARNING Always replace the WARN Fairlead if
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.
WARNING Always keep hands clear of winch rope,
hook loop, hook and fairlead opening during installation,
operation, and when spooling in or out.
1. Bump the power-in and/or power-out button
slightly to align hole in drum to a position that
is accessible for winch rope installation.
NOTE: Once power is disconnected, your winch
will automatically engage and lock the drum
in place. It is important to align drum before
disconnecting power.
WARNING Never bend rope around unprotected, sharp
corners.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING Never use rope over a rough surface without
abrasion protection.
2. Disconnect the negative cable from the battery
that is used to power the winch.
3. Slide the abrasion sleeve over the rope from the
end opposite the hook. Slide the sleeve back to
the hook end of the rope.
4. Insert the synthetic rope through the fairlead
and around the winch drum from the bottom.
5. 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.
6. 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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7. Once rope loop is pulled through pocket,
unwind installation wire and remove
completely. Be careful not to harm the rope.
8. Install the 5/16" rope puck in the center of the
rope eyelet.
9. Keep the puck in place while slowly pulling
the rope away from the drum. Once the puck
is seated against the rope on all sides, pull the
rope way from the drum until the puck lodges
with the rope into position.
10. Ensure the loop does not protrude from the
drum surface and that the rope is held into
place tightly.
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11. Reconnect negative cable to the battery that is
used to power the winch.
WARNING Always wind the winch rope on bottom
(mount side) of drum.
WARNING Never operate winch with less than 10
wraps of synthetic 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
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someone else is at the control switch or during winching
operation.
12. Engage clutch. * Refer to your winch operation manual
on remote controlled clutch operation.
13. Press power-in button to wind 10 wraps of
rope onto the drum while applying light
tension on the rope.
Proceed to the 'Rope Spooling Instructions'
section of this document.
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