JLG 534D-10 - Manual (Page 40)

Boom
3.12 534D-9, 534D-10 & 544D
3.5 BOOM CABLES - THREE SECTION
3.5.1 General Cable Information
The 534D-9 & 534D-10 Parts Manual covers part
numbers, length and key specifications. Please review
this manual to make certain that you are using the correct
cable for your machine. DO NOT use cable other than
that supplied by JLG for replacement. These cables are
specifically designed for JLG Material Handlers.
• Cables are pre-stretched; lengths cited below are
after pre-stretching.
• Threaded stud, Galvanized Plating.
• Safe Lock Closed Socket Terminal used on Extend
Cable.
• Safe Lock or Spelter Socket used on Retract Cable.
• Boom Cable length tolerance: +0.5 in / -1.0 in
(12,7 mm - 25 mm).
• Use two wrenches when torqueing adjusting jam
nuts. Use the flats on the threaded cable ends to
hold the cable straight, eliminating twist.
3.5.2 Cable Adjustments
The cables are adjusted by tightening and/or backing off
the adjusting nuts at the threaded end of the cable.
Tightening the retract cable adjusting nuts pulls the third
boom section in, to the rear. Tightening the extend cables
adjusting nuts pulls the third boom section out, to the
front. The opposite cable adjusting nut usually must be
loosened whenever this procedure is performed.
The cables are properly adjusted whenever the following
parameters are met.
534D-9, 534D-10:
The extend/retract cylinder rod eye pin (1) is centered in
the side access hole of the push beam and/or the
dimension (2) from the front of the third boom section to
the front of the second boom section is 17.5 in
(444,5 mm).
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