3-Strand Rope Repair | Loop eye splice

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Repairing the loop end of a 3-Strand Nylon-66 kinetic recovery rope is rare. This would generally only be needed in situations where there has been heavy abrasion. Regardless of the cause this is an easy repair to do and can be done in the field. You can do this with with no tools but after mid to full loaded recoveries the strands will be a lot tighter together requiring some leverage getting them to loosen up. The tidier you make the job the better the loop will hold and done correctly you will have a 100% non-slip loop.

First off | From one end of the rope count back 16 picks then tape this section. Unlay the rope up to the tape end of the stand from the eye and mark a line around the standing part of the rope that will touch all 3 strands. Your individual taped strands will tuck under these marks. Draw a line on the eye for easy reference.

 

Step 1: Tucking in the first stand
The mark around the standing part of the rope that touches all 3 strands is where your individual taped stands will tuck under. Tuck the middle stand (stand 1) under the nearest marked pick. This is probably the most difficult part of the whole job.
Step 2: Tucking the second stand
Tuck stand 2 under the marked pick behind stand 1.
Step 3: Tucking the third stand
Turn the whole rope over. There is 1 working strand left to tuck and there is 1 strand left in the standing part of the rope that does not have a working strand under it. Make this tuck then continuing to tuck counter to the layer or twist of the rope. The first round of tucks is now complete. Remove the tape then tighten of needed by pulling on the stand ends.
Step 4: Finishing the splice
Continue tucking the taped stands down the body of the tope. A tuck consists of skipping over the stand below and tucking under the next 1. When all stands are tucked like this, 1 round of tucks is finished.
To finish the splice, make four more complete tucks. Both the front and back of the splice should look like the illustration below.