How To Replace The Lifting Cable - Genie SUPERLIFT Contractor SLC-6 Parts & Service Manual

Section 6- Repair Procedures
MAST ASSEMBLY
How to Assemble the Mast
1 Inspect all mast parts for wear and damage,
replace as necessary.
2 Clean all of the columns and rollers.
3 Clean all of the safety brake assemblies {if
equipped).
4 Position the number one column so that it is
open side up and level. If it is not attached to
the base, secure the column to your sawhorses
or work table before proceeding.
5 Install all column assembly components {if
removed during disassembly). Apply a small
amount of grease between the roller bolt head
and the inside of the roller wheel.
6 Slide the number two column into the number
one from the bottom. Stop inserting the column
when the top of the column up stop or the
safety brake assembly is even with the bottom
of the number one column.
7 Repeat with all remaining columns. All columns
should be sticking out of the next lower column.
Do not install the carriage.
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8 Attach the swaged end of the cable to the cable
anchor on the top of the front column.
9 With the other end of the cable in hand, feed it
through the box section {web) of the carriage
into the pulley and push it through the pulley
until it comes out the back side of the carriage.
Bodily injury hazard. Cables can
. . . fray. Always wear adequate hand
protection when handling cable.
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section to identify the cable
routing.
10 Insert the carriage into the bottom end of the
top column. Hold the carriage from moving and
pull the cable up to the top of the column,
leaving enough slack so that you can feed the
cable through the next pulley.
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11 Push the cable through the exposed portion of
the pulley at the top of the column until the
cable reaches the pulley at the bottom of the
column.
12 Using needle nose pliers, insert the cable end
into the cable pulley. Push the cable through
the pulley until the end comes out.
13 Push the cable between the two mast sections
until it comes out the top of the column.
14 Repeat steps 11 through 13, until all the
columns are cabled.
15 Slide all the columns forward, until you can
install the column stops. Do not slide the
columns forward, further than necessary.
16 Install all the components removed during
disassembly.
17 Attach the cable to the winch and be sure cable
is routed correctly.
18 Raise all the columns to full height to verify
proper operation and release the safety brakes
{if equipped).
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How to Replace the Lifting Cable
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come w1th one preswaged end
that terminates to the last column
and one taped end that terminates
to the winch.
: Bodily injury hazard. Cables can
. · , fray. Always wear adequate hand
protection when handling cable.
1 Fully lower the carriage.
2 Wrap a piece of strapping tape around the
cable just below the swaged end of the cable.
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