Replacing Steel Rollers w/ urethane ones

[OffroadTreks]

Has anyone replaced their steel rollers with urethane ones or something like Delrin rollers? I've heard it mentioned when switching to synthetic as a precaution against burrs and edging caused by the steel cable on the steel rollers. Just a random thought.

[Colibri]

I looked into it extensively and couldn't find anything off the shelf. Could probably piece something together though. I ended up just going to a hawse fairlead instead.

[OffroadTreks]

I looked into it extensively and couldn't find anything off the shelf. Could probably piece something together though. I ended up just going to a hawse fairlead instead.

I found two just with a quick google search. Gotta measure ours though to be sure.

http://www.offroadtrailtools.com/shop/i ... tail&p=247

http://www.expeditionops.com/shop/index ... uct_id=210

[Colibri]

Sorry, to clarify at least on the 3g's the long rollers are several inches longer than any other fairlead commonly available. Most are 7 -8" whereas we'd need 10" or so if I remember correctly

[nts007]

I had bought a set of delrin rollers years ago for my 06 and the company in the U.S. Told me they would fit. Got them shipped up north. The short verticals worked. The horizontals are too short. I still have them somewhere here in the garage

[DamageWagon]

You might be able to find heavy-wall "tubing" Delrin on McMaster-Carr and just cut it to length. If that doesn't work, pool noodles are cheap enough that you can replace them each use

[OffroadTreks]

I did a rough measurement. The verticals are probably around 4 inches and the horizontals are at 12 inches.

Considering this statement "These rollers replace the stock Warn fairlead rollers that measure 7-7/8" for the longer roller, short roller measure 4.1" - interesting ours is larger on the horizontal. That's what she said anyways.

[waldo]

Make your own. http://www.eplastics.com/Acetal_Delrin_ ... %2C94%2C94

[olyelr]

Personally, I think I would just go with a hawse fairlead if I switched to synthetic rope.

[nts007]

Don't laugh. I ended up wrapping my steel rollers in 3 wraps of electrical tape. I put a sanding disk and buffer to the factory rollers then wrapped them. Worked. Re wrapped them after about 20 pulls. Cost me $4

[CombatWombat]

http://forum.powerwagonregistry.org/vie ... f=2&t=3776

Works great
Looks Great
Relatively Cheap

[Will]

I just took my rollers off and polished them back up with a disk grinder and put them back on.

[adeluca73]

http://forum.powerwagonregistry.org/vie ... f=2&t=3776

Works great
Looks Great
Relatively Cheap

I forgot about this...that was smooth clever work.