How To Bleed The Platform Rotator - Genie Z-80/60 Service And Repair Manual

Service and Repair Manual
Platform Components
11 Remove the center bolt and slide the platform
mounting weldment off of the platform rotator.
Crushing hazard. The platform
mounting weldment may
become unbalanced and fall if it
is not properly supported.
12 Support the platform rotator with a suitable
lifting device. Do not apply any lifting pressure.
13 Remove the pin retaining fasteners from the jib
boom and jib boom leveling arms to platform
rotator pivot pins. Do not remove the pins.
14 Support the jib boom leveling arms with a
suitable lifting device.
15 Use a soft metal drift to remove both pins and
remove the platform rotator from the machine.
Crushing hazard. The jib boom
leveling arms may fall if they are
not properly supported when the
jib boom leveling arm pivot pin is
removed.
Component damage hazard. The
platform angle sensor is a very
sensitive instrument. It can be
damaged internally if is dropped
or sustains any physical shock,
even if the damage is not visible.
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How to Bleed the Pl atfor m R otator

How to Bleed the Platform Rotator

Note: Do not start the engine. Use auxiliary power
for all machine functions in this procedure.
1 Rotate the platform full right, then full left until
air is completely out of the rotator. Bleeding the
valve is not necessary.
September 2016
Part No. 1268556