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PTO activation cable.

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:34 am
by BundyRumandCoke
I have a Daihatsu Rocky, fitted with a genuine factory PTO winch.

It has a pull/push knob and cable from floor to PTO unit. Pull to engage and push to disengage.

Through lack of use/water-crap ingress, this cable had previously siezed, and when forced one time, the inner cable snapped inside the outer housing.

I have had the cable rebuilt using stainless steel yachting rigging as a replacement inner cable. Unfortuantely, its not successful, as the original cable had a solid core that allowed the cable to be pushed back. The yachting cable wont allow this.

Anyone know of a business that custom builds cables such as this, or another vehicle with a similar cable activation system, that I could adapt to suit. Obviously prefer new. The winch comes in so handy for retrieving stuck 100 series Landcruisers and Navaras.

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:35 pm
by shorty_f0rty
Try Advanced Trailer Spares at Slacks Creek. They should be in the yellow pages and do all the Thomas winch stuff.. they should be able to source you with a generic cable cut to the length you specify..

good luck.

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:31 pm
by dai-hard
We use this mob at work
http://www.conwire.com.au/
There good to deal with and will make anything except boat steering.

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:44 pm
by Patroler

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:05 pm
by rockcrawler31
Advanced trailers spares built my PTO rig from scratch including the activation cable. has worked a pearler ever since.

Slacks creek or thereabouts in brisbane

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:33 pm
by ricky1970
A truck spares place (eg Truckline) should be able to supply you with a universal truck pto cable that you can adapt, or Flexable Drive Agencies can build just about any sort of push/pull cable.