Installation instructions – Autoquip VERTICAL RAM LIFTS - DUAL RAM User Manual
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PLATFORM INSTALLATION – CABLE EQUALIZED DRAPE
1.
The rams must have had all the air bled out to ensure that they will remain
synchronized after the platform is attached.
2.
Lower the rams all the way, then position and bolt the bolster plated located
underneath the platform in correct orientation using the hardware provided. If
visibility is too poor, raise the lift out of the pit to get enough sight to see the bolt
holes. Also, a tapping tool may have to be used to clear the threads in the end of
the plunger of all sand and concrete that may have accumulated.
3.
Unwind the cable from each of the strut assemblies and lay it out on the pit floor.
One end will have been attached at the factory.
4.
Raise the struts and bolt them both to the bottom of the bolster plate with the
hardware provided.
5.
Before the cables are tightened, raise the rams to full travel.
6.
Make sure that both eye-bolts on the bolster plate are backed out as far as
possible, then begin taking out all slack in each cable and tighten as much as
possible. Use a “come-along” or other mechanical device to tie off to the opposite
ram and tighten until it is impossible to tighten it further.
7.
As the cable is tightened, the spare cable length will grow longer on the free end.
Do not cut off any spare cable until the tightening is completely finished and
the lift is commissioned for use.
8.
While tightening and taking up cable around the end thimble, the thimble will try to
rotate with the cable being pulled past it. Use a hammer or other tool to keep the
thimble in the correct position.
9.
Once all of the tightening at the free end is complete, cut off the excess cable.
10. Go back to the eye-bolts on the bolster and attempt to tighten the cable further by
screwing the eye-bolts in.
11. When work with the cable is complete, the cable can be stood upon with no visible
deflection.
12. Run the lift through full travel several times to ensure that the platform is level in
the fully raised position.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS