Five Easyboot, Epic and Grip Cable Adjustment Tips

Here are some tips on getting your cables and buckles adjusted.  Ideally when you buckle your buckle down you want to have the cable feeding up through the center tongs - see #a.  Here is what you may need to do: 

1)  Remove the cable from the grooves as in #b.  This will allow you to pull the boot farther apart on each side.  This is useful for putting the boot on and for removing it. 
2)  Once you have the boot on, feed the cable back through the grooves.  You may wish to pull the cable over the buckle before doing that so that you don't run short of slack.  Please use a hoofpick or other tool to do this rather than your fingers!
3)  If it seems tight, use your hoofpick or a screwdriver as a lever to get the cable over the end of the buckle. 
4)  If it is still too tight to get the cable over the buckle with the cable fed through the center grooves as shown in figure #b simply remove the cable from one or both of the grooves and use the boot with the buckle tightened that way. 
5)  Most likely by the second time you use the boot it will have stretched out enough that the cable will go over the buckle end without any trouble. 

The boots for your horse are often like boots for you - they take some breaking in time.  Once they are broken in, then you'll be all set and using them will become easier with each use. 

Comments

[Gary White]

How do you replace cable that breaks or becomes frayed?