
ALUMINUM HAWSE FAIRLEAD INSTALLATION
The Poison Spyder Customs Aluminum Hawse
Fairlead will add great looks and Poison Spyder
attitude to the front of your 4X4. This billet
aluminum fairlead is CNC machined to provide a
strong, smooth guide for your synthetic winchline
and installs with a few simple tools. Please
read through these entire instructions before
proceeding with installation.
PARTS LIST
(1) Aluminum Hawse Fairlead
(2) 3/8-16 X 1 SS button head cap screw
(4) 3/8atwasher
(2) 3/8-16 nylon insert lock nut
TOOLS NEEDED
• 7/32” hex key socket and ratchet
• 9/16” combination end wrench
INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
NOTE: The Aluminum Hawse Fairlead is intended
for use with synthetic winchline only. DO NOT
use with steel cable. If you run steel cable, you
will need to use a suitable steel Hawse or rollerstyle fairlead. These instructions assume that
you already have synthetic winchline installed
on your winch. If you have not installed your
synthetic winchline yet, please do so according
to the winchline manufacturer’s instructions.
VERY IMPORTANT: Read and follow your winch
manufacturer’s Owners Manual and Operating
Instructions prior to operating your winch. Follow
all safety precautions during any operation of
your winch.
1. Park the vehicle in a suitable workspace
and set the parking brake. Use the winch
controller to loosen tension in the winchline
and feed out a couple feet of line. Disconnect
the negative battery cable in order to ensure
power is cut to the winch.
2. Remove any existing hook or shackle
from your winchline thimble (assuming the
winchline is already installed). Remove the
existing fairlead by removing the two bolts at
either side of the fairlead.
3. Insert the thimble end of the winchline
through the Poison Spyder fairlead, from the
back (the side without the Poison Spyder
logo).
4. Position the fairlead on the bumper or
fairlead mounting plate, with the bolt holes
aligned. The fairlead should be positioned
so that winchline may roll/unroll onto the
bottom of the winch drum without obstruction
or tight angles.
5. Use the provided hardware to bolt the
Poison Spyder fairlead to your bumper
or fairlead mount. Place one of the at
washers under the head of each button head
cap screw,toprotect the powdercoat nish
whentightening.Installtheotheratwasher
between the locknut and the back side of the
bumper or fairlead mount.
6. Reinstall the hook or shackle to the thimble
on the end of the winchline, then “hang”
the hook on a nearby tow point where you
usually keep it when not in use. Put the
winch gearbox in neutral and manually roll
up the slack in the winchline, then re-engage
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the winch gearbox. Re-connect the battery
cable and use the winch controller to put
some tension in the winchline and hook while
stowed.
WARRANTY
Poison Spyder Customs™ warranties all of
the products we sell and distribute for one (1)
year from the date of sale. These products will be
free from defects in material and workmanship
under normal installation, and use. Due to the
intended use the powder coat nish is warranted
for ninety (90) days. The nish warranty will not
cover a product if it has been damaged in any
way. Warranty is limited to repair or replacement.
Poison Spyder Customs™ does not offer any
type of labor or shipping allowance and all
warranty claims are subject to inspection by
Poison Spyder Customs™.
At the discretion of Poison Spyder Customs™,
the products in question can be repaired or
replaced when found defective. Prior to any
replacement or repair, written authorization must
be obtained from Poison Spyder Customs™.
Failure to contact us prior to having warranty work
preformed will immediately void all applicable
warranties; and it is then the sole responsibility
of the customer to remit any payment incurred.
The warranty expressed above is the sole
warranty of Poison Spyder Customs™, and
any other expressed or implied warranties are
hereby specically excluded and disclaimed.
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1. In purchasing a Poison Spyder Customs
Product™ I release, waive, discharge and
covenant not to sue Poison Spyder Customs
ofcers, servants, agents, or employees
(hereinafter referred to as Releasees) from
any and all liability, claims, demands, actions
and causes of action whatsoever arising out
of or related to any loss, damage, or injury,
including death, that may be sustained by
me (or anyone else), any property belonging
to me (or anyone else), whether caused by
the negligence of the releasees or otherwise,
while working on, using or any activity related
to this product.
2. I am fully aware of risks and hazards connected
with the use of a this product and I elect to
voluntarily engage in such use of this product
knowing that the use may be hazardous to
me and my property. I voluntarily assume full
responsibility for any risks of loss, property
damage or personal injury, including death,
that may be sustained by me (or anyone
else), or any loss or damage to property
owned by me (or anyone else), as a result
of using this product, whether caused by the
negligence of releasees or otherwise.
3. I further agree to indemnify and hold harmless
the releasees from any loss, liability, damage
or costs, including court cost and attorney
fees, that they may incur due to my use of a
this product, whether caused by negligence
of releasees or otherwise.
4. It is my express intent that this Release and
Hold Harmless Agreement shall bind the
members of my family and spouse, if I am
alive, and my heirs assigns and personal
representative, if I am deceased, and shall
be deemed as a release, waiver, discharge,
and covenant not to sue the above named
releasees. I further agree that this Waiver of
Liability and Hold Harmless Agreement shall
be construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of California.
By accepting this product, I acknowledge and
represent that I have read the above Waiver
and Liability and Hold Harmless Agreement,
understand it and accept it voluntarily as my
own free act and deed; no oral presentations,
statements, or inducements, apart from the
foregoing written agreement, have been made;
I am at least eighteen (18) years of age and
fully competent; and I execute this Release for
full, adequate and complete consideration fully
intending to be bound by same.
If you do not agree with the preceding Hold
Harmless Agreement, you may return the product
and receive a full refund. Please, contact a
Poison Spyder Customs™ sales representative
and they will issue a call tag for the product in
question. Once the product has been received
by Poison Spyder Customs™ a full refund will
be issued.
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