Corky
Well-known member
Last year I switched from a Demco towbar to a new Ready Brute Elite. This unit works very good, and overall I am happy with my decision to purchase. That being said I am not too happy with the end result of a "mild panic" stop that was needed a couple of days ago. Although there was no damage, no accident and I really didn't feel anything unusual. But once we got into our site, and started to unhook the Jeep I found that the black "Sling Cable" had failed. This is the cable that pulls the Jeep's brake pedal to initiate braking for the toad. Ready Brute -or- NAS supplied this cable with one end already finished with the thimble swagged in place. It is up to the buyer to make final length adjustment and to swag the thimble into the opposite end, and to install a couple of cable clamps to backup the swagging. The end that failed for me was the supplied end. I am waiting to hear back from the company about this hiccup, and in the meantime I am going to build my own cable sans the swags.
Please don't think I'm calling out Ready Brute as that is not my intent, but I feel I should say/show what has happened here so that if anyone has this setup they may want to backup the swags with clamps.
And please don't suggest that I installed the cable wrong - that is just not the case, I am very anal about safety.
Corky
Please don't think I'm calling out Ready Brute as that is not my intent, but I feel I should say/show what has happened here so that if anyone has this setup they may want to backup the swags with clamps.
And please don't suggest that I installed the cable wrong - that is just not the case, I am very anal about safety.
Corky