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How To Straighten A Bent Ramsey Fairlead?

Discussion in 'Winches' started by ITLKSEZ, Dec 22, 2016.

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  1. ITLKSEZ

    ITLKSEZ Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

    Well that was easy.

    The rollers freed up fairly easily with just a pipe wrench, and I tapped the pins out after grinding them free from the bottom. I tacked together a makeshift jig and clamped the frame to it to draw the high points down across it. I hit it with some heat and it fell into place. I got it to within 1/32" and called it good. It's a little bent, but at least it's no longer racked.

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    ITLKSEZ, Dec 24, 2016
    #21
  2. 47v6

    47v6 junk wrecker! 2023 Sponsor 2022 Sponsor

    HA. Fixed!
     
    47v6, Dec 25, 2016
    #22
  3. tomasinator

    tomasinator Member

    ITLKSEZ tapped the old pins out of the vertical roller and made new ones, complete with grease fittings:

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    Pretty nifty!
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    Bonus pict. ITLKSEZ filling all the holes on the old front bumper:
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    tomasinator, Jan 1, 2017
    #23
  4. mickeykelley

    mickeykelley Well-Known Member

    I wonder why Ramsey put the top and bottom rollers with grease jerks but not the sides?
     
    mickeykelley, Jan 1, 2017
    #24
  5. Howard Eisenhauer

    Howard Eisenhauer Administrator Staff Member

    Don't know but I added them too.

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    H.
     
    Howard Eisenhauer, Jan 2, 2017
    #25
  6. Uncle Vin

    Uncle Vin Member 2022 Sponsor

    I can't believe you found that fairlead new. I thought it was a no go.
     
    Uncle Vin, Jan 20, 2017
    #26
  7. Howard Eisenhauer

    Howard Eisenhauer Administrator Staff Member

    Not new, some kind sole acquired it for me off ebay, :whistle:it looked alot worse when I got it.

    H.o_O
     
    Howard Eisenhauer, Jan 20, 2017
    #27
  8. mickeykelley

    mickeykelley Well-Known Member

    So what's the best way to get the rollers looking that pretty?
     
    mickeykelley, Jan 20, 2017
    #28
  9. Howard Eisenhauer

    Howard Eisenhauer Administrator Staff Member

    I put the long ones in the lathe & hit them with 80 grit

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    The short ones were to far gone, had to make new ones-

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    H.
     
    Last edited: Jan 21, 2017
    Howard Eisenhauer, Jan 21, 2017
    #29
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  10. aallison

    aallison 74 cj6, 76 cj5. Has anyone seen my screwdriver?

    Looks very good.
     
    aallison, Jan 22, 2017
    #30
  11. Uncle Vin

    Uncle Vin Member 2022 Sponsor

    No. I mean, after all of the looking that I (we) have done for that thing, I can't believe that you actually found them new for sale. Figures.
     
    Uncle Vin, Jan 25, 2017
    #31
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