Hawse style fairlead for ARB bumper

I am looking to replace my steel wire cable with synthetic rope soon. I know I will need to replace my roller fairlead because it has a few burs in it. I know most people recommend using a hawse style fairlead with synthetic rope, but the ARB is not really designed for it.

The ARB bumper has a recessed area for the roller fairlead, and I am worried with a hawse style the rope could rub the bumper with an angle pull. See the picture below, the arrows point to the area I am concerned about the rope rubbing.

My question is does anyone use a hawse style fairlead on their ARB bumper. If so, what is your experience with any rubbing issues with the rope?









I'm also considering using these too, and replacing the steel rollers on my current fairlead. Any reviews on these?

$56 Daystar Roller Fairlead Rope Rollers Compatible with/Replacement for Synthetic Winch Rope Black

http://www.amazon.com/Daystar-KU70054BK-Black-Synthetic-Roller/dp/B001P20Y1W

 

Soooo anyone have some experience with these?

 

I have those Daystar rollers installed. No complaints.

 

Cool, do you know the dimensions of them?

 

These work for ARB's.

http://www.southeastoverland.com/in...mart_product_id=132&virtuemart_category_id=15

Matt

 

Viking makes a deeper hawse. not sure if it's thick enough for an ARB, but it's a move in the right direction if you don't want to use poly rollers.



compared to a standard hawse

 

I think I'm gonna stick w/ the roller fairlead and just replace the rollers. I'm interested in the Daystar poly ones b/c they're designed for synth rope and I like that they're black.

did they come with bolts too? my old ones are kinda corroded

 

Good grief. It's been years since I installed them.

Pretty sure there were no new bolts; just take your old ones to a hardware store as I bet you could replace them for under $10 (if taking a wire brush to your old ones won't cut it).

The rollers can be trimmed if they're too tall/wide. I can't remember off the top of my head if I had to trim the long ones (I might have); pretty sure the side rollers were fine.

 

ok thanks! I'l see if I can clean them up first and go from there.

hacksaw to trim them?

 

A hacksaw should do it. It's just polyurethane. Don't want to create too much heat friction (like with a power tool) and melt the material.

 

I went with the thick Viking hawse with some SS fender washers to shim it out slightly further:



It's still slightly recessed, it has never been an issue for me. My opinion is that if I'm in a situation where need to put nearly a 90° direction change in my line at my fairlead (regardless of whether a hawse or roller), it's time to re-rig with a snatchblock.