HDS-14LSX / HDS-14LSXE Lifts 34 P/N 5900162 — April 2018 — Rev. F3
Routing the Cables
Before routing the Cables on your Lift, you need to know the following:
• BendPak strongly recommends using gloves when working with the Cables.
• Each Lift has four Cables. All four are different lengths; they can only be used to make one
connection. If you use them to make the wrong connection, they will be too short or too long.
• All Cables have a Button end and a Threaded end. The Threaded end has a label on it that
identifies the Lift Model the Cable is designed for (and
must
be used with), the part number (if you
need to replace it), and its length (in millimeters).
Drawing not to scale. Not all components shown. The Tie Plate, located under the Powerside
Runway, comes attached to the end of the Piston on the Hydraulic Cylinder.
• The Button end of each Cable connects at the Tie Plate on the underside of the Powerside
Runway. The Button ends of each Cable stay on one side of the Tie Plate (as shown above), while
the rest of the Cable goes through the Tie Plate and the Retaining Plate on its way towards the
appropriate Sheaves and then the Post to which it attaches.
• The Threaded end of each Cable goes around the appropriate Sheaves and then gets routed to a
Post, where it is attached at the top. Before routing each Cable, remove the Nut at the Threaded
end; you cannot route the Cable around the Sheaves if the Nut is still on.
• The Lift comes with a Retaining Plate on one side of the Tie Plate. The Retaining Plate holds the
Button ends of the Cables in place after all four Cables are installed. Do not take the Retaining
Plate off to install the Cables; instead, loosen it so that you can slip the Button end of the Cable
into the correct slot. When all four Cables are installed, tighten the Retaining Plate.
• There are two kinds of Sheaves: Cable Sheaves and Gusset Sheaves. There are four Cable
Sheaves at the Rear of the Powerside Runway and two Cable Sheaves at the Front of the
Powerside Runway, for a total of six Cables Sheaves for the Lift. There are four Gusset Sheaves,
one per Crosstube Gusset.
• Cable Sheaves come installed. However, they must be removed prior to putting the Runways in
place. So when you start routing the Cables, all of the Cable Sheaves have been removed.
• Gusset Sheaves come installed and must not be removed. Just use them where they are.
• Cable Sheaves are put back into place as you route each Cable. All of the six Cable Sheaves (two
at the Front of the Lift, four at the Rear) are identical; you can use them at any location.
• The Cable Sheave
Pins
are not identical. The Cable Sheave Pin at the Front of the Lift, which
holds two Sheaves, has two lubrication holes inside it. The Cable Sheave Pin at the Rear of the Lift,
which holds four Sheaves, has four lubrication holes in it. Make sure to reinstall the Cable Sheave
Pins in their correct locations. Note that they look the same on the outside, so be sure to use the
right one.
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