Genie S-80 Service Manual page 121

February 2012
8 Install the boom extend cable clevis pins and
rue rings to the pivot plate near the cable break
limit switch.
9 Install the boom extend cables to the lower
extend cable bracket that mounts to the number
3 boom tube.
Boom retract cables:
10 Remove the rue rings and clevis pins from the
boom retract cables at the platform end of the
boom.
11 Attach the cable pulling tool or a rope to one of
the boom retract cables at the pivot end of the
boom.
Note: A cable pulling tool is available through
Genie Service Parts Department (Genie part no.
94510)
12 At the platform end of the boom, pull on the
boom retract cable that has the rope attached
to it.
13 Pull the old cable completely out of the boom
tube. Remove the rope. Discard the old boom
retract cable.
14 Securely attach the rope to the same end of the
new boom retract cable.
15 At the pivot end of the boom, carefully pull the
rope with the new retract cable attached.
16 Pull the new cable towards the pivot end of the
boom until the end of the cable is at the end of
the boom tube. Remove the rope.
17 Repeat steps 14 through 19 for the other boom
retract cable.
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18 At the platform end of the boom, install the
retract cables, clevis pins and rue rings to the
adjustment plate.
19 Remove and discard the old boom retract
pulleys from the pivot end of the boom
extension cylinder.
20 Install the new boom retract pulleys to the pivot
end of the boom extension cylinder.
21 Install the boom extension cylinder assembly
into the boom.
Note: Before lowering the extension cylinder into
the saddles of the number 1 boom tube, wrap the
boom retract cables around the pulleys.
22 Adjust the boom extend/retract cables.
See Section 4-5, How to Adjust the Boom
Extend/Retract Cables.
S-80 • S-85 • S-80X
Section 4 • Repair Procedures
BOOM COMPONENTS
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