Poison Spyder HAWSE FAIRLEAD LIGHT MOUNT User Manual

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INSTALLATION INSTRUC

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HAWSE FAIRLEAD LIGHT MOUNT INSTALL

The Poison Spyder Customs Hawse Fairlead

Light Mount is a simple way to add two auxiliary

lights to most off-road vehicles equipped with

Hawse-type winch fairleads. This mount is

designed to work Poison Spyder and most other

manufacturers’ Hawse winch fairleads.
Installation is fairly simple with the right tools

and good mechanical abilities. If you are not

confident in your mechanical skills, please

seek the help of a professional to perform the

installation. Please read through these entire

instructions before proceeding with installation.

PARTS LIST

(1) Hawse Fairlead Light Mount

TOOLS NEEDED

• Wrenches (to fit the existing hardware of

your winch fairlead)

INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
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) and push it

back through the fairlead so that it no longer

comes through. If the hook is not removable,

put the winch’s gearbox lever in neutral

and un-spool the winch rope or cable, then

disconnect it from the winch drum.

3. Remove the existing fairlead by removing

the two bolts/nuts at either side of the

fairlead. Set the bolts/nuts aside as you will

re-use them.

4. Align the Hawse Fairlead Light Mount so

that the two mounting holes correspond with

the mounting holes in the bumper or fairlead

mount, with the light mount tabs above the

fairlead opening and facing forward. Align

the Hawse Fairlead similarly, so that the Light

Mount is sandwiched between the fairlead

and the bumper or mounting plate.

5. Reinstall the two bolts/nuts to hold the

fairlead and Fairlead Light Mount in place.

If the bolt’s threads do not reach completely

through the nut, replace them with longer

bolts of the same type.

3. Push the thimble end of the winchline back

through the fairlead and re-attach the hook or

shackle. If your hook is not removable and

you had to un-spool your winch line, thread

it through the fairlead from the front and re-

attach it to the drum so that it rolls onto the

bottom of the drum, and spool the rope or

cable back onto the drum.

6. Stow 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

the winch gearbox. Re-connect the battery