[12Ounce]

Good info! This is a lame design. Even if everthing is in good shape, clean, well lubricated, etc ... the cable will not want to feed downward through the metal sleeve without weight/force to keep the cable moving. Without this caution, the cable can get reversed and locked on its drum.

Therefore: If we ever need to lower an empty winch, we should keep downward force on the cable end while doing so ... an assistant can be really helpful for this.