Winches; How To Disassemble The Winch - Genie SUPERLIFT Contractor SLC-6 Parts & Service Manual

Section 6 - Repair Procedures
Winch
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How to Disassemble the Winch
. . Bodily injury hazard. Cables can
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fray. Always wear adequate hand
protection when handling cable.
1 Fully lower the carriage.
2 Remove the cable retaining fastener from the
winch drum. Then remove the cable from the
drum.
3 Remove the handles from the pinion shaft.
4 Remove the drum bolt and the drum bolt
spacer. Then remove the drum and drum gear
cover and the housing spacer from the winch.
5 Remove the two lock nuts from the pinion shaft
by holding the opposite end of the shaft by the
flattened portion of the threads.
· Be careful not to damage the
threads while holding the pinion
shaft.
6 Remove the retaining ring from the pinion shaft.
7 Slide the pinion shaft to the left and remove the
pinion spacer, pinion plate, ratchet gear and
friction disks. Remove the pinion gear by
turning it counterclockwise, then slide it off the
right side of the shaft.
8 Remove the pinion shaft from the winch
housing.
9 Remove both pinion bushings. Use a soft metal
drift equal to the outside diameter of the
bushing and tap with rubber mallet.
Place a block in between the walls
of the winch housing to prevent
the housing from bending while
removing the bushings.
1 0 Remove the winch housing from the machine.
Parts and Service Manual - First Edition
How to Assemble the Winch
Bodily injury hazard. Cables can
· fray. Always wear adequate hand
protection when handling cable.
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Place one side of the winch housing over a
vise. Open the vise until it is wider than the
outside diameter of the bushing.
2 Insert a soft metal drift through the opposite
bushing hole. Tap the drift with a rubber mallet
to push the bushing into place. Repeat steps
1
and 2 to insert the other bushing.
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5 Add two drops of 30W oil to both pivot points
on each ratchet pawl.
Do not allow grease or oil onto the
: brake friction disks or the ratchet
gear.
6 Install the winch housing onto the mast. Be
sure the winch drum is towards the top.
7 Insert the longer threaded end of the pinion
shaft through the left bushing approximately
halfway.
8 Apply a small amount of automotive grease to
the large threaded section of the pinion shaft,
under the gear nut. Install the pinion gear onto
the pinion shaft with the gears towards the left
wall of the winch housing. Screw onto the large
threads hand tight.
9 Install a friction disk, ratchet gear, friction disk,
pinion plate and pinion spacer in respective
order onto the pinion shaft.
6-6 Genie Superlift Contractor Part No. 33953