Versa Lift
Installation - Assembly
(All
Models)
15
7.
DOOR AND PLATFORM ASSEMBLY
7-1.
Locate the (8) 10-32 x
3/8”
screws. Lift the platform
assembly onto the door assembly (Fig. 28).
Note: The spring brackets on the end of the platform
legs fit outside of the door braces (Fig. 28 inset).
7-2.
Install and tighten the screws through the spring
brackets and into the door braces.
7-3.
Locate the short and long chains. The last link on
each end of each chain is open to form a hook. Hook the
end of each chain onto the chain brackets on each
platform leg (Fig. 28 and inset). You can open the hook
further with pliers, if needed, to make it easier to hook.
7-4.
Close the hooks on both ends of the short chains so
the chain is secured to the chain brackets. Close one
hook on each long chain, leaving the other ends open for
loading the platform.
Refer to the Owners Manual for complete information
about using the chains and how to safely load a
variety of cargo items on the platform.
8.
CONNECT THE LIFT HEAD TO THE PLATFORM
8-1.
Release the cables and let them hang down through
the lift opening. Check under housing to see that cable is
coming straight down out of the slots (Fig. 29 insets
Ú
).
Make sure the cables are not kinked, tangled or fouled.
8-2.
Position the lifting platform assembly directly below
the lift opening (Fig. 29).
WARNING: The platform must
sit directly on the floor to attach the cables (not on a
box or a table)
. This sets the cable length so the Lift will
reach your floor and know where to stop automatically.
8-3.
Pass the ends of the cables through the slots in the
platform leg brackets as shown in Fig. 30.
8-4.
Pull the cable tight and wind it tightly around the
threaded studs
exactly as shown
in the illustration. Wrap
it as tightly as possible. Pinch the last loop around the
last stud, then pass the end of the cable through the
center hole in the bottom of the leg bracket (Fig. 30).
8-5a.
Draw the cable tight by pulling firmly on the end of
the cable (Fig. 30).
IMPORTANT: To avoid damaging the studs, do not
use a power tool to install the cable clamp nuts!
Use only a socket and ratchet or an end wrench!
8-5b.
While holding tension on the cable, install the cable
clamp with the top half leaning away from the cable (see
Fig. 30), then install a 1/2 x
3/8”
aluminum spacer and
tall
locknut on the last stud and snug it down to hold the
cable, but
don’t
tighten it yet. Install the rest of the alum.
spacers and
tall
locknuts and snug them down
(
snug is
when the nut gets a little tight and you
can’t
turn the
aluminum spacer with your fingers.
)
Install the second
cable and clamp, applying the same tension as with the
first cable. A little bit of slack in the cables is normal.
8-6.
Torque all 10 locknuts to 5 foot pounds (60 inch
pounds).
If you do not have a torque wrench, then
snug all 10 locknuts as explained above, then turn
each nut one-half turn (180 degrees) beyond snug
(see Fig. 31).
Do not over-tighten these nuts or you
may break the studs off!
8-7.
You
don’t
need to cut the excess cable, you can
thread it through the two holes in the bottom of the leg
bracket (Fig. 32) or you can wind it into a coil and zip tie
it inside the bracket. If you do cut off the excess cable,
you must leave at least a foot so that you can re-adjust
the cable if it becomes necessary.
NOTE: It is important that the excess cable is secured
where it can’t get caught in the lift opening when the
platform goes up or down.
STOP and DO NOT PROCEED TO STEP 8! Contact
Us i mm e d i a t e l y (405-516-2412) to get the tech-doc.
about how to return the motor to the factory preset
position to prevent a serious malfunction of this Lift!
HOOK CHAINS
ON BRACKETS
PLATFORM
ASSEMBLY
SHORT CHAIN (2)
LONG CHAIN (2)
10-32 x 3/8"
PHILLIPS (8)
DOOR
ASSEMBLY
SPRING
BRACKET
FITS OUTSIDE OF
DOOR BRACE
Fig. 28
STOP!
If you have already operated the Lift Motor:
!
!
