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It should be snug on the winch input shaft. There shouldn't be any side to side slop.
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Thank you for your reply and the info.I will get a new yoke ordered and hopefully it fits snug. I'm hoping its not the winch itself thats machined differently for the pump style setup.It should be snug on the winch input shaft. There shouldn't be any side to side slop.
I did not know that. My truck luckily still had the PTO on it when I got it. I guess it was a winch M817 truck because my PTO has front and rear outputs. I have the shaft and it should be good to go when I'm ready to start using the winch.If your m817 was built without a winch, the single side drive pto may well face the rear of the truck where the hoist pump for the dump was. Winch built m817 had a very hard to find and expensive to buy double faced pto which ran the winch off the front and the hoist off the rear. Other m809s like the m816 had a separate pto for the front winch and the crane and winch on the back. What do you have ? PTO shaft is longer on a 809 to make up for the longer engine used in this series compared to the Mack or Continentals used in earlier trucks.
On a 939 winch, they hold 200' of 5/8" without level wind, and 250' with level wind. I don't see a reason for 3/4", heavier and more difficult to handle, though a good buy. Tensile strength of of 5/8" should be way more than enough already. I have stalled my winch several times and never broke cable or thimble connection.Well my winch installation continues. I have a new question. I'm getting ready to buy winch cable. I know this winch takes 280 ft of 5/8 cable. What I would like to know has anyone upgraded their winch or is it possible to put 3/4" cable on it? I know I wont fit 280 ft on the spool because it's thicker and it will be heavier to pay out cable. Do you guys think it will run through the level winder properly? Searched the forums over an hour and didn't find anything. My neighbor who sold me the winch found a like new full spool of 3/4 cable in his barn and only wants $25.00 for it.