03 - Attachments, Couplings and Load Handling
10 - Excavator End Quickhitch
03 - Mechanical Quickhitch
03 - 18 9813/6050-2 03 - 18
Remove and Install
CAUTION When the quickhitch is installed and
its attachment attached, It is possible to strike the
cab and the underside of the boom or dipper with
some attachments. Use great care with the boom
and dipper to keep the attachment away from the
operator cab.
CAUTION When the quickhitch is attached to the
machine, allowance must be made for the weight
of the quickhitch on the rated operating load. The
mass of the Quickhitch is stamped on the data
plate.
Install
1. Make the machine safe.
Refer to: PIL 01-03.
2. Make sure that the tipping lever locking bolt
assembly is attached with the nut 1.
3. Put the quickhitch on hard and level ground.
4. Use suitable lifting equipment to move the
quickhitch.
5. Position the machine so that the dipper arm and
quickhitch are correctly aligned.
6. Engage the dipper.
6.1. Operate the controls to line up hole 1 in the
dipper arm with the holes 2 in the quickhitch.
6.2. Insert the pivot pin 1.
6.3. Install the bolt 1 and nut 2.
7. Engage the tipping link.
7.1. Operate the controls to line up hole 3 in the
tipping link with hole 4 in the quickhitch.
7.2. Insert the pivot pin 2.
7.3. Install the bolt 2 and nut 3.
Figure 8.
A Hole 1
B Hole 2
C Pivot pin 1
D Nut 2
E Hole 3
F Hole 4
G Pivot pin 2
H Bolt 1
J Bolt 2
K Nut 3
Remove
1. The removal procedure is the opposite of the
installation procedure.