Grease The Turntable Rotatiion Bearing And Rotate Gear; Inspect For Turntable Bearing Wear - Genie S-100 Service Manual

Section 4 • Scheduled Maintenance Procedures
CHECKLIST D PROCEDURES
D-7
Grease the Turntable Rotation
Bearing and Rotate Gear
Genie requires that this procedure
be performed every 1000 hours or
annually, whichever comes first.
Application of lubrication to the turntable bearing
and rotate gear is essential to good machine
performance and service life. Continued use of an
improperly greased bearing and gear will result in
component damage.
1 Remove the turntable rotation gear cover
retaining fasteners and remove the gear cover
from the machine.
2 Open the ground controls side turntable side
cover.
3 Locate the grease fitting below the ground
control box.
4 Pump grease into the turntable rotation bearing.
Rotate the turntable in increments of 4 to 5
inches (10 to 13 cm) at a time and repeat this
step until the entire bearing has been greased.
5 Apply grease to each tooth of the drive gear,
located under the turntable.
6 Install the turntable rotation gear cover and
retaining fasteners onto the machine.
Bodily injury hazard. Contact with
the turntable rotation gear could
result in serious injury. Do not
operate the machine if the
turntable rotation gear cover is not
installed.
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D-8
Inspect for Turntable Bearing
Wear
Periodic inspection of turntable bearing wear is
essential to safe machine operation, good machine
performance and service life. Continued use of a
worn turntable bearing could create an unsafe
operating condition, resulting in death or serious
injury and component damage.
1 Grease the turntable bearing. See A-13, Grease
the Turntable Bearing and Rotate Gear.
2 Torque the turntable bearing bolts to
specification. See D-5, Check the Turntable
Rotation Bearing Bolts.
3 Start the machine from the ground controls and
raise the boom to full height. Do not extend the
boom.
4 Place a dial indicator between the drive chassis
and the turntable at a point that is directly
under, or inline with, the boom and no more than
1 inch / 2.5 cm from the bearing.
S-100 & S-105 & S-120 & S-125
January 2010
Genie requires that this procedure
be performed every 1000 hours or
annually, whichever comes first.
Perform this procedure with the
machine on a firm, level surface
and the boom in the stowed
position.
To obtain an accurate
measurement, place the dial
indicator no more than 1 inch /
2.5 cm from the turntable rotation
bearing.
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