HDS-14LSX / HDS-14LSXE Lifts 26 P/N 5900162 — April 2018 — Rev. F3
Installing the Flex Tube
The Flex Tube is a flexible, black tube that attaches to a hole on the Powerside Runway on one end
and to the bottom of the Flex Tube Bracket Plate (near the Power Unit) on the other end.
The Flex Tube is 52 inches (1,320 mm) long. The flexible tubing is about 1.5 inches (38 mm) wide. The
connectors on each end about 1.75 inches (44.5 mm) wide. Both ends are the same, so it does not
matter which end attaches where on the Lift.
The Flex Tube consolidates and protects three different cables that come out from under the
Powerside Runway on their way to the Power Unit. These cables are:
• Return Line. A thin, black tube that returns extra Hydraulic Fluid to the fluid reservoir on the
Power Unit.
• Air Line. Also a thin, black tube, the Air Line provides air pressure that is used to disengage the
Safety Locks so that the Runways can be lowered.
• Hydraulic Line. A heavy, black cable that routes hydraulic fluid from the Power Unit to the
Hydraulic Cylinder.
Installation of the Flex Tube is usually done in two parts: the first part is done after the Powerside
Runway is installed (now), the second part after the Power Unit (and the Flex Tube Bracket Plate) is
installed (later in the installation).
The following drawing shows the Flex Tube.
To install the Flex Tube to the Powerside Runway:
1. Unscrew the Plastic Nut from one end of the Flex Tube.
2. Holding the Flex Tube by the Plastic Collar, put the Threads on the end of the Flex Tube whose
Plastic Nut you just removed through the hole on the Powerside Runway.
3. On the inside of the Powerside Runway, screw the Plastic Nut back onto the Threads of the Flex
Tube and tighten it.
4. Let the other end of the Flex Tube hang in place until the Flex Tube Bracket Plate is installed.
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