Posted by POW on September 28, 1998 at 10:41:56:
In Reply to: Re: winch cable posted by Peter Sprouse on September 26, 1998 at 22:21:30:
The winch originally used a solid aluminium rod, threaded at each end, and nutted to the end bells to act as a tension device when pulling in order to keep the halves from pushing apart. Later mods/rebuilds by the Army wound up using a piece or all-thread in a pipe to achieve the same thing. The pipe should be tight, and it is not designed to function as a roller. dg