Allied W400 Series User manual

A
Freespool Drag Adjustment
If the winch cable requires too little effort to pull it from the
cable drum, the tension can be adjusted as follows:
Loosen the lockscrew.•
Tighten the adjusting nut to increase the tension and•
loosen it to decrease it.
Tighten the locknut.•
Installing Wire Rope
NOTE: Installing the wire rope this way provides a
safety break away if the load should fall down a grade
as well as a method of holding the cable under normal
operation.
Basic Adjustment & Installation
This break-away feature will help to prevent the machine
from being pulled by the load should the load slip down
a hillside, but it is imperative that the operator put the
winch control lever in the FREESPOOL position immedi-
ately to allow the wire rope to unwind from the winch.

B
Install the wire rope to the winch drum as follows:
Remove the access plug from the winch housing.•
Start the machine and put the winch in the FREESPOOL•
mode.
Rotate the drum by hand until the two anchor wire holes•
are in the center of the hole.
Put the winch in the HOLD mode and return the ma-•
chine to the SERVICE POSITION.
Choose a gauge of wire that will insert through the•
holes.
Twist the wire ends together against the drum.•
Install the wire rope into the groove between the ends•
of the wire so that the wire rope ferrule is in the ferrule
groove.
Twist the ends of the wire together to hold the wire•
rope.
Start the engine and WINCH-IN the wire rope onto the•
drum.
Install the access plug.•
Note: The following installation steps are for
newer winch models:
Start the engine and rotate the winch drum so that the•
wire rope ferrule groove in the inside, left hand wall of
the drum is at the top, and shut down engine.
Remove the wire rope retainer plate capscrews and•
retainer plate from the winch drum.
Insert the wire rope ferrule into the groove in the drum•
and hold the wire rope against the drum.
Install the retaining plate and capscrews to hold the•
wire rope in place.
Start the engine and WINCH-IN the wire rope onto•
the drum.
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WIRE ROPE RETAINER PLATE
& CAPSCREWS
WIRE ROPE GROOVE
Basic Adjustment & Installation