Boom Safety Strut - jcb 540-170 Service Manual

Note: If you lift the boom to get access for maintenance,
you must install the maintenance strut on the boom.
Installing
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WARNING
You could be killed or injured if the boom drops while
you are working under it. Fit the boom maintenance
strut as instructed before doing any maintenance
work with the boom raised.
Keep people away from the machine while you fit or
remove the boom maintenance strut.
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Before installing the safety strut remove any load on the
forks and make sure that buckets or attachments are
empty.
1 Fully retract the boom (unless it necessary to extend
it for maintenance). Lift the boom sufficiently to install
the strut.
2 Stop the engine. Make sure the park brake is
engaged and the transmission is in neutral. Remove
the starter key.
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CAUTION
You will have to climb onto the machine to fit or
remove the strut. Take care, especially if the machine
is wet. Remove mud and oil before climbing onto the
machine. Do not use the exhaust as a handhold. It can
burn you.
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3 Remove the strut from its stowage position A.
The stowage location for the boom safety strut can
change with each machine.
Stowage Locations ( T
4 Put the strut B around the lift ram piston rod. Use the
strap to attach it to the ram piston rod.
5 To prevent boom creeping down and causing injury
the boom must be lowered onto the strut.
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Boom Safety Strut

K Table 2. Safety Strut
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Section 2-2 - Care and Safety
Note: Lower the boom carefully, to prevent possible
damage to the strut. Stop as soon as the weight of the
boom is on the strut.
6 Disconnect the battery
operation of the engine.
7 If necessary, put chocks against the two sides of the
wheels before you get below the machine.
Fig 1.
Table 2. Safety Strut Stowage Locations
Model
535-125 HiViz, 535-140 HiViz
540-140, 540-170
General Procedures
Boom Safety Strut
to prevent accidental
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Stowage Position
K Fig 2. ( T 2-2-5)
K Fig 3. ( T 2-2-5)
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