How to Fix a Broken Winch Cable

Quick and easy repair for broken cables

[@BetterDays]

Hi! Let me know if you liked/disliked the video and if you have any suggestions for future videos. I hope this helped you out, thanks for watching and have a great day :)

[@GOOGLEUSER-js3vf]

Hi James. Great video. Just wondering, how long will this method last when I am constantly and repeatedly raising and lowering my very heavy solid steel plate snow plow on my Polaris Sportsman 500 ATV with a 3000LB Champion wench. I cannot be left stranded relying on this method and waiting to use my winch after the next heavy snowfall; only to have it disconnect shortly after I start using it.

[@BetterDays]

From my experience it seems to be as strong the rest of the cable. I've been using this method on my kodiak 700 with a plow for a few years now with no issues. The only time I had a break using this loop was on the cable about 2 feet back while pulling another atv uphill and the loop was still intact. Good luck hopefully everything works well for you 👍

[@capnkente1]

Boy, this would sure help out in the bush with a stuck UTV! Nice job, young man! These types of videos are a godsend to people! Keep up the good HELPFUL videos!

[@VelvetYeti]

Nice! Mine just broke in the middle of plowing, so I'm going to try this when I get home

[@lorensmith9700]

Thanks for the video. Just broke my cable while plowing this will let me finish the job. Then I’m gonna buy a good synthetic rope!

[@BetterDays]

Nice! Glad it helped :)

[@kenharrington370]

Holy freaking sh!t man you are amazing. This saved me so much frustration. Broke my cable tonight after about 2 feet of snow in upstate new york and after I barely even got started plowing. I can't believe how easy this was to do. Im gonna do a little better job with it tomorrow but this was so quick and easy and I was able to go right back out and get the driveway passable for another day. Thank you so much.

[@BetterDays]

Awesome glad I could help! Good luck with all that snow

[@audreychampagne9238]

Very efficient knot. I used it on a broken winch cable, and it's been holding up strong ever since. Thank you 😊

[@GOOGLEUSER-js3vf]

Thanks. That's my question. How long will this method last when I am constantly raising and lowering my very heavy solid steel plate plow?

[@braikka]

That's really cool & so simple. Thanks👍

[@thehimself4056]

Thanks for the advice. My rope just broke the other day. Now it’s fixed until I can replace it

[@wesleyvanweert7404]

This is amazing. Thank you

[@crossfamilycircus]

Thank you so much! Needed this to finish plowing my driveway after my winch cable snapped. 😊

[@BetterDays]

No problem! Glad I could help :)

[@dales9541]

Thank you for this. Broke my cable tonight. Will try this.

[@BetterDays]

Glad I could help :)

[@guskoerner75]

Very cool. Thanks!

[@martyhorvatich3098]

Awesome!! Thank you!!

[@boostedlemon8210]

That's pretty cool

[@carljung6087]

Thank you James. Now I just hope that my cable didn't recoil and tangle back up into my winch too badly. I'm definitely going to try this molly technique.

[@BetterDays]

Hopefully it's not too bad. Let me know how it goes!

[@jacquescote2585]

Awesome !!!❤

[@teddy21]

Awesome! Thanks, man! This is super helpful to know. I'm putting it to action right now. I thought I'd be waiting for sleeves in the mail and hoping they're the right size.

[@BetterDays]

Glad I could help! It's always held up well for me on all sorts of different cable sizes. Just make sure you leave a long enough tail at the end and you shouldn't have any problems

[@teddy21]

@@BetterDays it was a total success and so easy to do :) Didn't take me much longer than the video. I haven't used it for anything but my plow so far. Have you found it can hold up for bigger jobs?

[@BetterDays]

I've used it for plows and pulled an ATV out of a mud pit and up a pretty steep hill. I don't have a winch on my truck to test but my Yamaha Kodiak 700 is pretty heavy and it hasn't broken since the original loop came undone. I use the winch all the time at the offroad park

[@janewolf4541]

Very good.

[@DCSPORTSTER]

That’s an awesome trail fix that’ll work until you get home to fix it properly.

[@user-ye8zs4zr8b]

At rigging school, that is known as a Flemish loop.

[@hphillips7425]

Nice thanks 👍🏻

[@BetterDays]

Glad I could help!

[@mattdavis9217]

Oh sweet now I don't need to buy a new $80 cable

[@BetterDays]

Awesome! Glad I could help

[@chiefmarkkelly7512]

Every Boy Scout should know this from rope class. Well old Boy Scouts. I shot a 22 as a Cub Scout but my son shot a BB gun at the same level not sure what they teach now.

[@MrMdandnor]

I have done this today. Lets see how it works 😊

[@knotbumper]

Actually, it is called a "farmer's eye." Or, more formally a "Flemish eye." A Molly Hogan is a single strand of cable used as a keeper pin to stop a larger pin from sliding out. Like a cotter pin. Your tail needs to be a minimum of 10 times the diameter of the cable. If, you don't want to effect a permanent repair, you need two Crosby clamps to secure the tail.

[@alexanderford4653]

Will that half the SWL ?

[@BetterDays]

It should be around 80-90% the original strength. I haven't had any issues with this method, just make sure the tail is long enough so it doesn't start to unwind

[@DanisBuoy]

This method of splicing an eye is stronger than a simple loop and clamp. Good video!