Autoquip TRUCK LEVELER - SHALLOW PIT MOUNT - Manual (Page 18)

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Cylinder Towers
1. Remove the cover plates from the towers and attach the towers to the platform.
There are two locator pins on each tower that match the platform socket holes.
Clean the socket holes and pins and apply grease to ease the assembly. Assemble
two 1” diameter bolts with lock washers to each tower and torque the bolts to 240
ft/lbs.
2. Locate the cylinder clevis base pads under the towers with the long end of the pad
toward the dock. Center the clevis in the tower and adjust the long end of the pads
to extend beyond the dock end of the tower flanges by 5”. When properly set, the
cylinders will tilt five degrees toward the dock with the platform in the lowered
position.
3. Lag the cylinder clevis base pads down with two 5/8” lag devices with a minimum
pull out of 7,000 pounds each at the two holes extending beyond the towers. The
two holes in the cylinder clevis base pads under the towers will be lagged down after
the lift is hydraulically raised.
CAUTION!
Precaution should be taken to prevent the introduction of contaminates
such as dirt or other foreign material into the system through open fittings,
pipes, or disassembled components. Contamination will ruin the hydraulic
system.
4. Install the breather plugs in the cylinder ports on the rod end of the cylinder, if it is
not already installed. On the end opposite the rod, install a 3/8” NPT elbow with the
end pointing toward the rod.
CAUTION!
Do not attempt to raise the platform hydraulically without at least two lag
devices on each cylinder clevis base pad and the ramp lag devices
installed.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS