Product Description
Part# 00015-04
The ProLink is Factor 55's original shackle mount. Trusted and used by first responders worldwide, ProLink is easy to install and allows winch owners the ability to replace the vehicle's winch hook with a stronger shackle/D-Ring mount. Engineered and machined in the USA from lightweight billet 6061 aluminum, ProLink doesn't require splicing and is compatible with steel or synthetic ropes and both hawse and roller fairleads.
The cable eye is retained in the ProLink by an ultra-strong aerospace-grade titanium doubleshear pin and internal snap ring, and is easily installed in minutes. The EPDM rubber guards protects alloy fairleads and is securely attached to the ProLink with four barbed tips and prevents rattling.
This product is compatible with Closed System Winching, a technique that uses rigging comprised entirely of closed-link hardware. With Closed System Winching you get the extra security and confidence needed to tackle the most demanding winch recoveries.
- ProLink Shackle Winch Mount Orange
- 5/8 inch diameter 6Al-4V titanium double shear pin and internal snap ring for an ultra-secure connection
- EPDM rubber guards are attached with four barbed tips and protects fairleads and prevents rattling, also protects alloy fairleads and cushions line stowage
- Precision machined from 6061-T6 Kaiser Aluminum round bar
- 1.2 inch shackle tab thickness reduces shackle rattle
- Works with steel or synthetic rope up to 3/8 inch diameter and eyes equipped with standard or tube thimbles up to 3/8 inch diameters.
- The rope eye is retained in the ProLink with a 5/8 inch-diameter grade 6AI-4V grade V
- Stress analyzed using COSMOS FEA and destructively tested for confirmation
- Max load rating: 16,000 lbs.
- Weight: 24 oz
- Engineered, Tested, and Made in USA. Patent pending
Replace conventional winch hooks with the new safer, stronger, and smarter Factor 55 ProLink shackle mount. Factor 55 introduces the new ProLink shackle mount for winch cables and synthetic ropes. Engineered and machined in the USA from lightweight billet 6061 aluminum, the ProLink provides a safe means to easily attach a standard 3/4 inch screw pin shackle to existing winch cable and rope eyes
The cable or rope eye is captured into the body of the ProLink by a removable oversized 5/8 inch double shear pin. The front of the ProLink provides the precision shackle mounting hole and massive 1.2 inch thick mounting tab.
The ProLink is compatible with both Hawse and Roller fairleads and snugs neatly against both versions.
Product Specifications:
- Color: Black
- Screw pin shackles are up to 5X stronger than conventional winch hooks
- Conventional hooks are too small to safely fit both ends of a recovery strap
- Recover straps cannot slip out of a shackle like they can with hooks
- Hook safety latches are not rated for loads and can tear recovery straps
- Conventional hook surfaces add higher stresses to recovery strap fibers, resulting in decreased strap ratings
- Shackles can be quickly removed and stowed away until needed for winching.
- Hooks do not cinch neatly against fairleads and are prone to rattling and loosening
- Conventional winch hooks are designed for chains – not commonly used recovery straps
- Engineered, Tested, and Made in USA — Patent Pending
- Stress analyzed using COSMOS FEA and destructively tested for confirmation
- Billet construction — precision machined from 6061-T6 Kaiser Aluminum round bar
- 16,000 pound max load rating
- Fits all steel cables and synthetic ropes up to 3/8 inch in diameter
- Fits eyes equipped with standard or tube thimbles to 3/8 inch diameters
- 1.2 inch shackle tab thickness virtually eliminates shackle rattle
- 5/8 inch diameter 6Al-4V titanium double shear pin
- Optional EPDM Rubber Guard protects alloy Hawse fairleads — rubber barb attachment
- Can be installed and removed in minutes — simple snap ring removal
- Cinches neatly against all types of fairleads — Hawse or Roller
- Beautifully anodized and zinc plated in the USA
