Bendpak 4 post help needed

[R68GTO]

I started the assembly of my HD9XW lift. I'm a little confused with the instruction manual and am hoping someone on here can help shed some light. With the 2 crossbars installed, I manually raised each crossbar per the instructions and then proceeded to mount the 2 runways. After loosely bolting in the runways, I noticed the instruction showed that the slack cable safety catch should not be engaged. At this point there are no cables installed, how do you disengage a spring-loaded catch on each end of the crossbar while manually raising the crossbar? Right now as it sits, it looks like both the primary and slack safety catches are engaged in the ladder. What do I need to do at this point? Any insight is very much appreciated.

 

[pattenp]

Hopefully someone who has this lift will let you know how they held the slack safety lock open. Since you don't have 4 hands and 8ft long arms my first thought is to use a piece of wire to hold them open.

 

[c39er]

Just use a big screw driver and wedge against the slack safety pulley and the safety latch will pull out of the ladder bar.
When the lift cables are hooked up and under normal tight tension they are straight and taught pushing hard against the slack safety pulleys.This keeps the slack safety's from engaging the ladder bar. They only engage if a cable were to break.
If the cable were to become slack as in a cable breaking the slack safety latch would imediately click into the ladder bar preventing the corner falling more than one notch in the ladder bar.
Bob

 

[Olyar15]

When I had mine installed, installer just ran the cables without retracting the slack safeties. When you raise the lift the first time, the slack safeties will retract once the cables become taut.

 

[excavator]

I just installed my HD-9 and did not retract the safeties either. I found it easier to start the cables from the top and feed them down and guide them where they needed to be then installed the pulleys one at a time. Pay attention to the double pulley's as the order of cables are confusing the first time. I also found a few mistakes in the instructions. One mistake is that when installing single rollers on power unit end that you must install a 21 mm spacer on top of each single roller. My spacers were missing and when I called Bendpak they explained that they are no longer included or needed so don't look for them. There were a few other mistakes in instructions and I will post them as I recall them. I just installed mine last week. Keep an open mind and don't believe 100% that instructions are correct or the only way it can be done. I also asked about cable lube when the tech was on phone with me and the book says 90 wt gear oil. The tech said I could use any means of applying the 90 wt or look for some sort of spray wire rope lube. Any one care to share what they use on cables and rollers for lube

 

[macdabs]

I assembled a Bendpak HD9XW couple of weeks a go and had the same issues with the missing 21 mm spacers. I finally noticed the instruction manual on their website omits the spacers after a lost hour looking for them. For the locks I just cut some scrap wooden wedges to hold the slack safety catches till I installed the cables.

I know a lot of people swear that Bendpak is a great lift , so far I am not impressed. I have a couple of older lifts from Western and Rotary that were made in the USA that are 10 times better.

Mac

 

[James E]

I also asked about cable lube when the tech was on phone with me and the book says 90 wt gear oil. The tech said I could use any means of applying the 90 wt or look for some sort of spray wire rope lube. Any one care to share what they use on cables and rollers for lube

I use this stuff. Been using it on my boat lift cables for a long time. It penetrates the strands so they don't grind against eachother and break--especially at the pulleys.

https://www.grainger.com/Grainger/CRC-Chain-and-Wire-Lubricant-2F139?Pid=search

My Dad doesn't use anything on his boat lift and ours are the same age. I've noticed his has some broken strands whereas mine does not.

It doesn't drip or attract grime like gear oil does.

It's expensive.

HTH, James.

 

[excavator]

thanks james

 

[R68GTO]

Thanks for the feedback guys! I raised each end and manually held the slack safety catch open (had a friend do one side) then lowered the lift so the primary catches engaged. Done!

 

[911mike]

Thanks for the feedback guys! I raised each end and manually held the slack safety catch open (had a friend do one side) then lowered the lift so the primary catches engaged. Done!

Mine shipped today so I'll be installing in about 2 weekends. Any words of advice to help the installation process.

 

[Relax]

This advice might be a little too late for the OP, but for anyone else reading this, I just removed the slack safety lock springs and put them back (in the proper location) when done. I had to do this anyways because the springs were installed at the factory in the wrong holes.