Secondary Boom Cable Track; How To Remove The Secondary Boom Cable Track; How To Repair The Secondary Boom Cable Track - Genie Z-80/60 Service And Repair Manual

September 2016
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Secondary Boom Cable Track

The secondary boom cable track guides the cables
and hoses running up through the inside of the
secondary boom. It can be repaired link by link
without removing the cables and hoses that run
through it. Removal of the secondary boom cable
track is required to repair it.
How to R emove the Secondar y Boom Cabl e Trac k
How to Remove the Secondary
Boom Cable Track
Note: The secondary boom cable track must be
removed with the secondary boom extension
cylinder. Refer to Repair Procedure, How to
Remove the Secondary Boom Extension Cylinder.
How to R epair the Sec ondar y Boom C able Tr ac k
How to Repair the Secondary
Boom Cable Track
Component damage hazard.
The boom cable track can be
damaged if it is twisted.
Note: A cable track repair kit is available through
the Genie Service Parts Department.
1 Remove the secondary boom extension
cylinder.
Note: The secondary boom extension cylinder must
be removed as an assembly with the cable tracks,
cable track trays and cable track support tubes from
the platform end of the secondary boom. Refer to
Repair Procedure, How to Remove the Secondary
Boom Extension Cylinder.
2 Visually inspect the cable track and determine
which 4-link section needs to be replaced.
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Boom Components
3 Carefully remove the snap rings and pins from
each end of the damaged section of cable
track.
4 Remove the retaining fasteners from the upper
black rollers from the 4-link section of cable
track to be replaced. Remove the rollers.
5 Lift up the hoses and cables and carefully
remove the damaged 4-link section of cable
track.
Component damage hazard.
Cables and hoses can be
damaged if they are kinked or
pinched.
Note: If the section of cable track being replaced
has clamps or wear pads, those items will need to
be transferred to the replacement section of cable
track.
6 Remove the upper rollers from the
replacement section of cable track.
7 Lift up the hoses and cables and carefully
insert the new 4-link section of cable track.
Component damage hazard.
Cables and hoses can be
damaged if they are kinked or
pinched.
8 Connect the ends of the replacement cable
track section to the existing cable track using
the pins and snap rings.
9 Install the rollers onto the new section of cable
track.
10 Re-assemble and install the extension cylinder
assembly into the secondary extension boom.
11 Operate the secondary boom up/extend and
down/retract functions through a full cycle to
ensure smooth operation of the new section of
cable track.
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