Inspect And Lubricate The Winch; Inspect And Lubricate The Rotating Barrel Handler - Genie Superlift SL-5 Parts & Service Manual

Section 4 - Scheduled Maintenance Procedures
TABLE B PROCEDURES
B-4

Inspect and Lubricate the Winch

Maintaining the winch is essential to good machine
performance and safe operation. An unsafe
working condition exists if the winch has excessive
wear and/or does not operate smoothly, free of
hesitation and binding.
1 Carefully lubricate the following areas with
automotive grease:
· the cable drum gear
· the teeth on the pinion gear that meshes with
the cable drum gear
· the threads on the pinion shaft, under the
pinion gear
· the teeth on the slow and the fast speed gears
where they mesh together
Do not apply grease to brake
friction disks or rachet gear.
2 Carefully lubricate with 30W oil both pivot
points on each ratchet pawl.
3 Inspect the friction disks for excessive wear.
Replace if pad is less than
thick.
4 Inspect pinion shaft bushings for excessive
wear. Replace if wall thickness of bushing is
1
less than / inch (3.1 mm).
8
5 Lubricate the frame drum spacer. Tighten the
drum bolt to 20 ft-lbs (27 Nm). Do not
overtighten.
4 - 6
1
/ inch (1.5 mm)
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Genie Superlift
Parts and Service Manual - First Edition
B-5
Inspect and Lubricate the
Rotating Barrel Handler
Maintaining the barrel handler is essential to good
performance and safe operation. An unsafe
working condition exists if the barrel handler has
excessive wear and/or does not operate smoothly,
free of hesitation and binding.
1 Visually inspect the following components for
damage:
· all bushings
· chain and clamp
· gears
· snap rings
· fasteners
· crank handle
2 Raise the barrel handler to a comfortable
working height (chest height). Do not put a load
on it.
3 Pump grease onto the drive gear. Locate the
gear from the bottom side of the barrel handler.
4 Using the crank handle, rotate the barrel cradle
1
/ turn and apply more grease.
4
5 Rotate the barrel cradle 2 full turns or until the
grease is completely worked into the gears.
Oil Type Multipurpose grease
Part No. 32283