Yale GP80VX, Service Manual

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Hood, Seat, and Side Covers Replacement
REMOVE
1. Slide seat to the closest position to steering col-
umn.
2. Fully tilt steering column forward.
3. If your truck is equipped with an LPG tank, swing
tank off to the side.
4. Raise latch on the left, front corner of hood to un-
latch and lift up hood. See Figure 3.
5. Remove floor mat and floor plate. See Figure 4.
6. Remove two capscrews holding left and right rear
side covers to the frame. Remove rear side cov-
ers from frame. See Figure 4.
7. Remove two capscrews holding left and right
fender covers to front overhead guard leg. Re-
move covers. See Figure 4.
8. Remove four capscrews holding left and right
front side covers to frame. Remove covers.
9. Fully lower the steering column.
10. Remove upper steering column cover by pulling
up on upper steering column cover to release
latches (one on either side), and pulling cover
away from steering column. See Figure 5.
11. Remove five fasteners (see Figure 5) securing
dash to the top of cowl. Remove four clips, loca-
ted underneath dash, that attach dash to the kick
panel. Lift to remove dash.
12. Lift kick panel to remove it from truck. See Fig-
ure 4.
13. Remove three capscrews holding the seal plate.
Remove seal plate. See Figure 6.
14. Disconnect seat wire harness connector. See Fig-
ure 3.
CAUTION
When removing the seat from the hood, DO NOT
use an impact wrench to remove the capscrews.
Damage can be caused to the threads on the
screws and in the holes.
15. If seat is to be removed, and truck is equipped
with a non-swivel seat, remove seat wire harness
from seat wire harness brackets that are attached
to the underside of hood. Remove the cable clips
from the seat wire harness. If truck is equipped
with a swivel seat, remove seat wire harness from
seat wire harness bracket attached to underside
of hood and behind the seat. See Figure 3.
16. Remove four capscrews and washers holding
seat to the hood. Lift seat off the hood. Pull seat
wire harness through hood. See Figure 3.
17. Remove capscrews and washers at top of the gas
springs. Remove gas springs from hood.
18. Remove hinge screws, located in the rear of the
hood.
19. Lift hood from the truck. See Figure 3.
INSTALL
1. Place hood onto the lift truck frame.
2. Install hinge screws, located in the rear of the
hood, and tighten to 38 N•m (28 lbf ft). See Fig-
ure 3.
3. Align top holes in the gas springs with holes in
hood. There are two sets of holes used to install
the gas springs to hood, based on the type of seat
installed on lift truck. One set is for installing the
cylinder end of the gas springs and the other set
is for attaching the rod end of the gas springs. In-
stall capscrews and washers to attach gas
springs to the hood. Refer to Figure 7 and Table 1
for correct holes used to connect the rod end of
the cylinder, depending on the type of seat instal-
led on the lift truck. Tighten capscrews to
19.2 N•m (170 lbf in).
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