National Crane Published 10-30-2014 Control # 040-09 5-53
1400H OPERATOR AND SERVICE MANUAL SERVICE
OUTRIGGER CABLE TENSIONING
1. With outriggers assembled and operational, cycle the
outriggers and front stabilizer through full stroke out and
down then up and in for five complete cycles to remove
air in cylinders.
2. Fully retract outriggers. At full retraction, the base of the
1st section outrigger bottoms out in the base of the main
outrigger and the base of the 2nd section outrigger
bottoms out against the sheave cable anchor plates in
the base of the 1st section outrigger. This may be
viewed through the hole in the main outrigger.
3. If the 1st section outrigger does not bottom out in the
main outrigger, loosen the upper cable adjustment. If the
2nd section outrigger does not bottom out in the 1st
section outrigger, loosen the lower cable adjustment.
After cables have been adjusted to allow full retraction of
sections, torque cables to 30-35 lb-ft (40-47 Nm) by first
tensioning the lower cable adjustments, then the upper
2ND SECTION OUTRIGGER
1ST SECTION OUTRIGGER
UPPER CABLE ADJUST
LOWER CABLE ADJUST
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