Genie Superlift SL-5 Parts & Service Manual page 35

Section 6 - Repair Procedures
WINCHES
9 Install a friction disk, ratchet gear, friction disk,
pinion plate and pinion spacer in respective
order onto the pinion shaft.
The teeth on the ratchet gear
must curve away from the right
side wall of the winch housing.
Do not allow grease or oil onto the
friction disks or the ratchet gear.
10 Push the pinion shaft to the right, through the
right pinion bushing and install the pinion shaft
retaining ring.
Use your fingers to push the
ratchet pawls outwards while
pushing pinion shaft through the
right bushing. Be sure the ratchet
pawls are in firm contact with the
ratchet gear and all parts move
freely.
11 Install the two jam nuts to the right side of the
pinion shaft one at a time and tighten.
12 Install a handle to both sides of the pinion shaft
in opposite directions and secure with a lock
nut on each end of the pinion shaft.
13 Lubricate the outside of the frame spacer that
goes through the cable drum with automotive
grease and then insert it into the drum.
14 Install the cable drum so that the drum gears
mesh with the ratchet gears.
15 Install the drum bolt keeper onto the drum bolt
and then insert the drum bolt through the winch
housing and drum with the head of the drum
bolt on the drum gear side of the winch.
16 Place the drum gear cover into position with the
drum bolt slot under the drum bolt keeper.
17 Install the drum bolt jam nut hand tight.
18 Install the housing spacer with the head of the
housing spacer bolt on the right side of the
winch and through the slotted portion of the
drum gear cover. Place the nut on the end of
the bolt and tighten.
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19 Tighten and torque the drum bolt nut to
20 to 25 ft. lbs.
20 Lubricate with automotive grease the teeth of
the drum gear and the pinion nut that meshes
with the drum gear.
21 Rotate the drum so that the two square cable
keeper holes are at the top. Install the cable
keeper clip to the outside of the drum with the
two carriage bolts coming through from the
inside. Install the lock washers and nut. Do not
tighten down the nuts at this point.
22 Route the end of the cable around the winch
drum and out through the remaining hole on
the left side wall of the drum.
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23 Insert the end of the cable under the cable
keeper clip approximately
the cable keeper clip.
24 While holding the cable tight on the drum,
rotate the drum with a handle and spool the
cable onto the drum neatly.
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Overtightening the drum bolt jam
nut may cause damage to the
frame spacer and prevent the
drum from spinning freely.
Do not allow grease or oil onto the
friction disks or the ratchet gear.
a number one column
b cable
c winch drum
d cable keeper clip
1
/ inch and tighten
2
Component damage hazard. Be
sure the cable winds onto the
winch drum evenly.
Part No. 32283
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c
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d