Machine Controls - Genie GTH-636 Service Manual

Section 4 • Repair Procedures
OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT
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Machine Controls

How to Remove the Steering
Column and Orbitral
GTH-644, GTH-842 and GTH-844:
1 Locate and open the battery access door.
2 Disconnect the battery from the machine.
Electrocution hazard. Contact with
electrically charged circuits could
result in death or serious injury.
Remove all rings, watches and
other jewelry.
3 Remove the fasteners securing the steering
orbitral inspection cover in place. Remove the
cover.
4 Working through the orbitral inspection opening,
tag, disconnect and plug the hoses at ports
and of the steering orbitral. Cap the fittings.
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Bodily injury hazard. Spraying
hydraulic oil can penetrate and
burn skin. Loosen hydraulic
connections very slowly to allow
the oil pressure to dissipate
gradually. Do not allow oil to
squirt or spray.
Burn hazard. Contact with hot
fluids or components may cause
severe burns.
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5 Remove the horn button from the steering
wheel. Remove the nut securing the steering
wheel to the column.
6 Separate the steering wheel from the steering
column and set it aside.
7 Remove the fasteners securing the steering
column cover to the dash. Remove the covers.
8 Tag and disconnect the Deutsch connector
from the transmission control lever.
9 Tag and disconnect the black wire on the
steering column, from the tan wire on the
instrument panel harness.
10 Remove the fasteners securing the
transmission control lever to the column.
Carefully separate the lever from the column.
11 Remove the fasteners securing the dash panel
to the operator's compartment.
12 Remove the grommet from the dash panel and
set the grommet aside.
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13 Carefully move the dash panel towards the front
of the machine and pull the Deutsch connector
through the panel hole. Place the dash panel in
a secure position.
14 Remove the fasteners securing the steering
column to the steering orbitral. Carefully
separate the components and remove them
from the dash weldment.
Note: Assistance may be needed to perform this
step.
Component damage hazard.
Wires can be damaged if they are
kinked or pinched.
Part No. 97487
June 2007
REV B