Product Details
Universal Prolink Series Shackle Mount with Titanium Pin and Rubber Guard by Factor 55®. This product is made of high-quality materials to serve you for years to come. Designed using state-of-the-art technology and with customers in mind. It will meet your needs and deliver great quality at an affordable cost.
Features
- 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 661-T6 Kaiser Aluminum round bar
- 16, pound max load rating
- Fits all steel cables and synthetic ropes up to 3/8" in diameter
- Fits eyes equipped with standard or tube thimbles to 3/8" diameters
- 1.2" shackle tab thickness virtually eliminates"shackle rattle"
- 5/8" 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
- Cinch neatly against all types of fairleads- Hawse or Roller
- Beautifully anodized and zinc plated in the USA
Located in Boise, Idaho Factor 55® is an engineering design firm specializing in mechanical design and analysis. Their staff has extensive experience in the Aerospace, Defense, and semiconductor industry but they have always been passionate about off roading through out their careers. All of their products are designed in house using the latest 3D CAD software and optimized using Cosmos FEA (Finite Element Analysis). Before they release any products to the public, they also perform a destructive test on each design with the assistance of a test facility equipped with test measurement and data recording equipment. They take great pride in knowing all of their products are derived from sound engineering disciplines.