Service Manual
iFLEX5
© Hirschmann Rev. I 0522/17
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17.4.3
Cable Reel Length Cable Replacement Procedure
Replace length cable using the following procedure:
Refer to system electrical wiring diagram and cable reel - parts list
1. Cut old cable at cable drum.
2. Disconnect damaged length cable from junction box at the boom nose.
3. Open cable reel cover and disconnect bus connector.
4. Remove cable reel from mounting brackets.
5. Remove damaged length cable, which is mounted to the slip rings in the cable reel, from slip ring
terminal.
6. On the backside of the cable reel, open the strain relief attached to the axle in the center of the
drum. Pull existing length cable out of the cable reel.
7. Pull new length cable through the hole, pipe and strain relief and push it through the axle of the
reeling drum. Tighten new strain relief to ensure sealing.
8. Reconnect the length cable to the slip ring.
9. Remount cable reel to the boom.
10. Turn reeling drum clockwise to spool the new cable neatly onto the drum.
11. Set pre-load on cable reel by turning the drum counter-clockwise 5 to 8 turns.
12. Run the new length cable through the cable guides and wrap the length cable around the boom
tip anchor pin (4 or 5 wraps) and secure with tie wraps. Leave enough length cable to connect
into the boom tip junction box.
13. Connect the length cable into the boom tip junction box.
14. Reset length potentiometer in length angle transducer (screw is located in center of white gear);
with boom fully retracted, turn potentiometer carefully counter-clockwise until it stops. Recheck
length and angle display. Refer to section
Cable Reel LWG508 Adjustment Procedure
.
15. Connect bus connector
16. Follow
Length Sensor Adjustment Procedure
.