dmeadow
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Day One
Started installing my MaxJax today. Got some additions and edits for the instructions. You can probably install the lift without these, especially if you like figuring things out for yourself and doing things twice. Read these in conjunction with the instructions, not in lieu of them. By the way, the inventory in the instruction booklet is not worth much as it doesn’t list everything and at least one set of bolts is misidentified.
Starting with Step 3:
The instructions don’t tell you how to install the cart wheels, nor are there any pictures of that part of the cart. Not particularly hard to figure out, but to potentially save you some head scratching time:
Find the two 127mm cart wheels (the big ones, versus the 4 smaller 75mm ones for the posts). Use six of the long skinny bolts (don’t know the size, they aren’t listed on the inventory) to bolt the angled iron with the axle on it to the cart. The angled iron will be placed under the cart handle extensions. Put on the wheels and secure them with the small circlips found in the parts bag.
The instructions say to use 4 8x20mm bolts to secure the power unit to the cart and 4 8x20mm bolts to secure the Hydraulic Flow Divider to the cart. There are actually 4 8x20mm and 4 8x25mm in the parts bag (the latter misidentified in the inventory as 8x1.25mm(?)). I suggest using the 8x25mm bolts for the power unit as they have more to go through (including the Unit Dampener Pad).
BEFORE you install the Hydraulic Flow Divider make sure you have it right side up, with the two opposing plastic plugs for the quick connects at the top.
Step 4
The instructions tell you to install the hydraulic fittings on the cylinder with the cylinder removed from the post. One of the MaxJax assembly videos shows the earlier MaxJax’s were shipped with the cylinders separated from the posts. That is no longer the case. You can ignore the stuff about inserting the cylinders into the posts and into the Cylinder Rings as they are already there. And it is basically impossible to put the hydraulic fittings on the cylinders and then put them into the posts as described in the directions.
Here is what I figured out to do:
Lay the post down with the open channel up. Pull up the lifting arm a bit to reveal the bottom of the cylinder. Turn the cylinder until you find the plastic plug. Remove the plug and turn the cylinder slightly and insert the reducer and the pipe ****** ONLY (not the 45) so they are within the channel. If you install them outside the channel you won’t be able to turn the cylinder around to install the 45 later through the hole in the bottom of the post on the closed side. Once tight, push the cylinder and arm lift to the bottom of the post, positioning the pipe ****** through the hole in the bottom of the post.
Now raise the post up and lower it again with the open channel down. Thread the 45 through the hole and onto the pipe ******. It is better to have the post horizontal as it will be easier to reach underneath and fiddle the cylinder around to turn and tighten the 45.
Once you have the 45 tightened down and the post on the ground, now is a really good time to put on the post wheels (don’t wait for the instructions to tell you to put them on, they won’t).
That was as far as I got yesterday. Today I hope to get the anchors in and finish the job. I'll post with any other issues I find.
Started installing my MaxJax today. Got some additions and edits for the instructions. You can probably install the lift without these, especially if you like figuring things out for yourself and doing things twice. Read these in conjunction with the instructions, not in lieu of them. By the way, the inventory in the instruction booklet is not worth much as it doesn’t list everything and at least one set of bolts is misidentified.
Starting with Step 3:
The instructions don’t tell you how to install the cart wheels, nor are there any pictures of that part of the cart. Not particularly hard to figure out, but to potentially save you some head scratching time:
Find the two 127mm cart wheels (the big ones, versus the 4 smaller 75mm ones for the posts). Use six of the long skinny bolts (don’t know the size, they aren’t listed on the inventory) to bolt the angled iron with the axle on it to the cart. The angled iron will be placed under the cart handle extensions. Put on the wheels and secure them with the small circlips found in the parts bag.
The instructions say to use 4 8x20mm bolts to secure the power unit to the cart and 4 8x20mm bolts to secure the Hydraulic Flow Divider to the cart. There are actually 4 8x20mm and 4 8x25mm in the parts bag (the latter misidentified in the inventory as 8x1.25mm(?)). I suggest using the 8x25mm bolts for the power unit as they have more to go through (including the Unit Dampener Pad).
BEFORE you install the Hydraulic Flow Divider make sure you have it right side up, with the two opposing plastic plugs for the quick connects at the top.
Step 4
The instructions tell you to install the hydraulic fittings on the cylinder with the cylinder removed from the post. One of the MaxJax assembly videos shows the earlier MaxJax’s were shipped with the cylinders separated from the posts. That is no longer the case. You can ignore the stuff about inserting the cylinders into the posts and into the Cylinder Rings as they are already there. And it is basically impossible to put the hydraulic fittings on the cylinders and then put them into the posts as described in the directions.
Here is what I figured out to do:
Lay the post down with the open channel up. Pull up the lifting arm a bit to reveal the bottom of the cylinder. Turn the cylinder until you find the plastic plug. Remove the plug and turn the cylinder slightly and insert the reducer and the pipe ****** ONLY (not the 45) so they are within the channel. If you install them outside the channel you won’t be able to turn the cylinder around to install the 45 later through the hole in the bottom of the post on the closed side. Once tight, push the cylinder and arm lift to the bottom of the post, positioning the pipe ****** through the hole in the bottom of the post.
Now raise the post up and lower it again with the open channel down. Thread the 45 through the hole and onto the pipe ******. It is better to have the post horizontal as it will be easier to reach underneath and fiddle the cylinder around to turn and tighten the 45.
Once you have the 45 tightened down and the post on the ground, now is a really good time to put on the post wheels (don’t wait for the instructions to tell you to put them on, they won’t).
That was as far as I got yesterday. Today I hope to get the anchors in and finish the job. I'll post with any other issues I find.
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