Quote Originally Posted by toula View Post
Make sure you have the right size cable. If the cable is too small over time it will eat a channel into your pulley and cause it to fail. If the cable is too big it won't seat right and it will wear you cable out and cause it to fail under load. I would get different cables and see which one seats into the grove perfectly. It should be stamped somewhere on there the intended wire rope size. Hope this helps a little.
Like you, I assumed there would be a rope size marking, but I couldn't find one, hence this post. Your concern about a smaller cable eating into the pulley is exactly the issue. I'm having second thoughts. Thanks.