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INSTALLATION MANUAL & OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS OVERHEAD CAR LIFT 2-POST LIFT AUTO HOIST APlusLift HW-9KOH...
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READ THIS MANUAL COMPLETELY BEFORE INSTALLING LIFT!!! DISTRIBUTED BY: Songa Enterprises LLC 8512 122ND AVE NE #25 Kirkland WA 98033 E-mail: apluslift@gmail.com Phone: 800-616-9618 or 206-289-0814 (text) Website: www.apluslift.com READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLING THE LIFT! Improper installation can cause injury or damage! •...
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1. Introduction PARTS LIST Part description Top beam (two stages plus one Please connect Beam on connector) ground Hex bots, washers & nuts for two-stages M10x30 beam Hex bolts, washers & nuts for beam M10x30 mounting to columns Overhead Safety Bar Switch bracket for Overhead safety bar (power unit side) Long bolt for Overhead safety Bar...
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Fig 2 Minimum size of a SLAB: L100” x W216” x H6” 3000PSI Or Two concrete footings. 2 ft x 2 ft with 30” deep 3000PSI...
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2. INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Your lift is designed for many years of trouble-free service when properly installed & maintained. Please take the time to read this installation manual before proceeding. INSTALLATION TIPS • This Lift is built from very heavy metal material. User proper lifting techniques when lifting individual pieces. Use plenty of help when moving lift pieces.
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• Bolt Switch to the overhead beam. Assemble One end of the overhead safety shut off bar into Switch. Bolt the other end to the overhead beam. The wire from Switch will go to power unit. • Manually lift both carriages on each column about waist high. Let carriages down allowing them to set on the lift safety lock stops.
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CONNECTING POWER UNIT & HYDRAULIC HOSES • Using four hex bolts mount the power unit to the main side column. • Install the TEE fitting into power unit. Install 4.3 inches extended fitting into the bottom of each cylinder. Small thread with sealing washer for cylinder.
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INSTALLING SWING ARMS • Locate the 4 swing arms and swing arm pins. Take one of the arms and insert it over the hole in the carriage torsion tube. Line up the holes and insert the pin. Repeat for the three other arms. ELECTRICAL CONNECTION HAVE A QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN HOOK THE MAIN ELECTRICAL POWER CONNECTION TO THE POWER UINT ON THE LIFT.
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tighten one side a half dozen turns then the opposite side a half dozen turns. After getting both cables equally tight(YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE THE CABLES ABOUT AN INCH BACK AND FORTH WITH SLIGHT PRESSURE LIKE A FAN BELT OR A BANJO STRING) raise the lift all the way up by pressing the UP Button on the power unit. Do not bottom the lift out at the top by holding down on the switch.
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• While running the lift, listen to safeties clicking. Each side should click simultaneously or with-in a 1/2 second of each other. If they are not clicking together, then adjust the cables to compensate by tightening the side opposite the one that is clicking last at the cable bolt at the top of the carriage on the same side.
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• Maintenance & Safety MAINTENANCE Note: IT IS THE CUSTOMER’S OR THE END USER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER TENSION ON THE EQUALIZER CABLES. ASKF A QUALIFIED TECHANICAN TO RETURN IN FUTURE TO MAINTAIN THE CABLE ADJUSTMENT AFTER THE LIFT IS INSTALLED WOULD NOT BE A WARRANTY FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS.
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AUTOMOTIVE LIFT SAFETY TIPS • Never allow unauthorized persons to operate lift. Thoroughly train new employees in the use and care of lift. • Caution - the power unit operates at high pressure. • Remove passengers before raising vehicle. • Prohibit unauthorized persons from being in shop area while lift is in use.
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MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE The periodic Preventive Maintenance Schedule given is the suggested minimum requirements and minimum intervals; accumulated hours or monthly period which ever comes sooner. Periodic maintenance is to be performed on a daily, weekly, and yearly basis as given in the following paragraphs. WARNING!! Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) requires users to inspect lifting equipment at the start of every shift.
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• Grease rub blocks and column surface contacting rub blocks • Change the hydraulic fluid - good maintenance procedure makes it mandatory to keep hydraulic fluid clean. No hard fast rules can be established; - operating temperature, type of service, contamination levels, filtration, and chemical composition of fluid should be considered.
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