richsei

I just got my LOD shorty front bumper with hoop installed and my Warn PowerPlant Dual Force HP 9500LB winch . I spooled off my cable to make it easier to bolt it down to the bumper. I installed the warn roller fairlead but when I spooled my cable back on the winch when the cable got to the driver side of the drum and started to come back the other way the cable would jump over about 3" before it would start spooling right tried 4 or 5 times and got the same thing and it did this every time I spooled up the cable and only on the driver side. I would have to stop the winch and move the cable over my hand for the first 3" then it would spool fine. What it looks like is the hole in the LOD bumper is not centered on the winch drum so it pulls the cable back over that 3" before it starts to spool right. I'm just wanting to see if any one else is having this problem. To me the Warn PowerPlant Dual Force HP 9500LB winch just dont look like it fits in the bumper right you can not even get the cover on it.

wayoflife

yeah, unfortunately, that is a problem with the lod bumper. the only way you could fix that is to move the fairlead hole more over to the driver side but by doing that, it will be considerably off center and that bugged people. so, lod compromised and placed the hole just off of center but not so much that it was really noticable.

Sharkey

Does the LoD bumper have the same spooling issues with non-powerplant winches?

richsei

Not sure on that but I think you can move the winch over more to make it line up Mskh20

wayoflife

the mounting holes on the winch plate are slotted so you can move it over a bit more if you don't have a powerplant.

Sharkey

Thanks guys. I have the under the hood ARB (thanks to WOL's write up) so i wont be getting a powerplant. The LoD midwidth is on my shortlist.

jagnut

Great Thread. I too was looking at the midwidth with the M8000. So if anyone can shed some light on possible spooling issues with that combination, it would help in my final decision of front bumper choice.
Thanks

LōD Offroad

Along with the slotted winch mouting holes, you need to remember that the bumper mounting holes are also slotted, so you might have the bumper off to one side also.

richsei

I'll have to check my bumper but I know I measured from the rails to the end of the bumper and made them the same on each side.

jaxx1671

I was respooling mine last night and it is a huge PITA! I used the hanle of a hammer and pushed the cable over just so u can spool the end and it's still messed up.... I wonder if synthetic line would make it easier... Anyone with synthetic out there with the LoD and PP?