Time for new winch cable?

[MILT]

first off; I rarely use my winch. It’s 2yo. I’m overdue for line maintenance. So I let the line out and have several sections like this that are mashed. Not sure why. I’m assuming I should replace the line to avoid failure.

Winch was preinstalled when I bought the Jeep and was incorrectly spooled

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[BDinTX]

I’m no winch line expert but I’d probably replace it. If only a couple of mashed sections cut them out and splice back together and keep what’s left as an extension.

 

[Vinman]

That rope appears fine to to me. Just work it back and forth a bit the the original shape should return. I just unspooled and re-spooled my line yesterday and had lots of spots like that, I just massaged them a bit and it after a few seconds the flat spots disappeared.

 

[MadDog27]

Yeah, looks smashed to me as well. I don’t see any tears or fraying. Mine looks like that after you unravel it. I’d say it’s fine unless you find fraying or tears.

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