Mr Blaine asked me to help him validate the hard black anodized finish on his new hawse fairlead product - being that I'm in Florida and the sun completely root-beered my cheapie that used to be black in about 1 year.
Old on top, Wizard hawse on bottom.
A set of VERY nice stainless hardware came with it, unfortunately, I was unable to use it due to the "Rough Country" winch plate placing the winch so damn close to the hawse mount, that I had to use shorter bolts and jam nuts. Nothing whatsoever to do with Blaine's product, I had similar problems with the old hawse as well.
Barely enough room for even the jam nut with a shorter bolt. Standard parts aren't, interchangeable parts won't. The "unsupervised pseudo-standard" of winches and plates means you'll end up with problems like this from time-to-time.
I had been putting off re-spooling the line for several months, this made me to ahead and get it done. Note the TRE thimble is starting to fade.
I suspect that there'll be zero problems with the anodizing if it was done right. We used the same treatment for aluminum parts we bolted onto offshore moorings when I worked in a marine related field. Some of those things were used literally for decades and held up quite fine - never corroded nor changed color! But - this is why we test....
Old on top, Wizard hawse on bottom.
A set of VERY nice stainless hardware came with it, unfortunately, I was unable to use it due to the "Rough Country" winch plate placing the winch so damn close to the hawse mount, that I had to use shorter bolts and jam nuts. Nothing whatsoever to do with Blaine's product, I had similar problems with the old hawse as well.
Barely enough room for even the jam nut with a shorter bolt. Standard parts aren't, interchangeable parts won't. The "unsupervised pseudo-standard" of winches and plates means you'll end up with problems like this from time-to-time.
I had been putting off re-spooling the line for several months, this made me to ahead and get it done. Note the TRE thimble is starting to fade.
I suspect that there'll be zero problems with the anodizing if it was done right. We used the same treatment for aluminum parts we bolted onto offshore moorings when I worked in a marine related field. Some of those things were used literally for decades and held up quite fine - never corroded nor changed color! But - this is why we test....