9 | Equipment
162 AXH1230‐UK ﴾ENG﴿ ‐ Apollo KM
9.6.3 Forks check
NOTICE
For the forks verification frequency refer to the "Control log".
CAUTION
During maintenance and control, it is mandatory to use the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment.
WARNING
It is absolutely forbidden to carry out maintenance on the forks (e.g. welding, drilling,
engraving, etc ...).
In the event of damage or deformation immediately replace the forks.
Check the forks thickness.
Themaximumwearallowedis10%(fig.1505201).
For example for a fork 70 mm thick,the thickness must not be
lessthan63mm.(7010%=63)
Foraquickcheckofthethicknessoftheforks,itisnecessaryto
measure the thickness in the vertical part of the fork“1” (fig.
1505202);thiswillbethedimensiontowhichreferforthefork
thickness measurements “2” (fig. 1505202). Make at least three
measurementsatseveralpoints.
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Verify the deformation of the forks
Verifythatthetwoforksareparallelbetweenthemandthatthe
distancefromthegroundisthesameforboth,orwithdifference
oflessthan3%ofthelengthofthefork(fig.1505203).
Forexample,forafork1800mmlong,thedifferencebetweenthe
maximumpermissibledeformationoftheforktipswilltherefore
beof54mm(1800x3/100=54).
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