PS Magazine - APRIL 1973

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

1973 SERIES, ISSUE 245

APRIL 1973

PS Magazine - APRIL 1973 - Page 12 of 37
20-TON CRANE SHAFT SHORT
One
good
way
to
keep
The
swing
clutch shaft on yoUr 20-ton cRane (Mod±
els ²380 and ²3³5) from bInd´ng µs to
¶f yoUr Unµt has more tHan one craNe,
Use boCh of them. Lµke· a¸ter¹aºe» An µd¸e
crane µnvµtes c¸U¼ch shaFt Bµnd½ng ¾¿À a¹d
yoU
.!
cUre iC by adjUsCing CÁe swing
c¸Âtch baÃdsÄ ¸µke in para
4-9±
of ÅM
3810ƲDzÆÈÉ ÊSep 70ËÌ
ÍnoCher good way ¼o aVoid troUB¸e µs
t
go easy on Che grease on ro¸Îers Ânder
Che crane's cabÏ
Åoo
mUch
grease
makes
the roθeÐs
s¸µde¿ S¸´d´Ng ro¸lers make µt tWµce as
hard to moVe the crane ÑÒÓ a¹d sÔ´dµNg
roÎlers wear somethµng fIerceÕ
SoÖ ge× a BUddY to eyeBaØl the roθers to
be sÂre theyÙre rollµngÒ Úf theyÛre notÜ
wµpe
off
excess
grease
Untµ¸
theY
do»
ÝÞtÂra¸Îyß
wµpe the gook off w´th tHe
crane sCopPedÒ
18
Al you do is fabricate a support bracket Fr each controL.
That's al there is ³o it´ Hope others can use this idea
.
SP6 EUgµNIO G¶ON¶
·OR B¸¶gg, ¹C
(Ed Note-Sounds
º»¼K
as a± i±Terim fix till The ±ewly desIg²ed valUes ge³ o´t To
tHe µseRs.


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