Genie Super Tower, Service Manual

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September 2016 Service Manual
Winches
Part No. 115411 Super Tower 29
W inches
3-1 One-s peed Winc h
3-1 One-s peed Winc h
3-1
One-speed Winch
How to Disassemble a One-speed
Winch
Bodily injury hazard. Cables can
fray. Always wear adequate
hand protection when handling
cable.
1 Fully lower the carriage.
2 Remove the cable retaining fastener from the
winch drum. Remove the cable from the winch
drum.
Note: Note the quantity and location of the shims
and spacers before disassembling.
3 Remove both handle retaining fasteners.
Remove the handles from the pinion shaft.
4 Remove the drum bolt and the drum bolt
spacer. Remove the drum, drum gear cover
and housing spacer from the winch.
5 Remove the two lock nuts from the pinion
shaft by holding the opposite end of the shaft
at the flattened portion of the threads.
Component damage hazard.
Be careful not to damage the
threads while holding the pinion
shaft.
6 Remove the retaining ring from the pinion
shaft.
7 Slide the pinion shaft to the right and remove
the pinion spacer, pinion plate, ratchet gear
and friction disks. Turn the pinion gear
counterclockwise and slide it off the left side of
the shaft.
8 Remove the pinion shaft from the winch
housing.
9 Remove both pinion bushings. Use a soft
metal drift equal to the outside diameter of the
bushing and tap with a rubber mallet.
Component damage hazard.
Place a block in between the
walls of the winch housing to
prevent the housing from
bending while removing the
bushings.
10 Remove the winch housing from the machine.