MAINTENANCE & OVERHAUL

General Maintenance

The High Line Dock is designed to require minimum maintenance. Therefore, maintenance personnel must be more attentive to damage from from fork lifts and other vehicles.

Repair Tools & Equipment

The only tools required to test, assemble, disassemble and repair Lite Cart’s High Line Dock are:

  • forklift

  • wrench, open end, 2 1/4”

  • wrench, 2 way, 3/4”, 15/16”, 6PT

  • nylon twine

  • level

  • hole alignment tool

  • wrench 3/8” and 1/2”

In-Use Maintenance:

Bi-monthly lubrication of moving component parts is necessary for in-use maintenance. It is recommended that a light machine oil (10W) be applied using a hand gripped (squirt type) oiler. it is especially important that each bearing of each carrying roller be lubricated by injecting the oil between the inner and outer race sections.

Cleaning:

Scheduled cleaning of the High Line Dock is not required. Wiping the carrying rollers with a rag dampened in light machine oil (10W) may be used to minimize corrosion after the roller plating begins to show signs of wear.

Inspection:

Inspection of the High Line Dock will be performed by visual means. Special tools, equipment and gauges are not required. Specific areas that should be reviewed for damage, deterioration na and operation are as follows:

  • carrying rollers should rotate easily

  • guide rails should be straight and without any deformation

  • stop mechanism should operate easily and within the extension limits

Troubleshooting

Certain malfunctions may occur in the operation of the dock. The most common are easily corrected and are listed below:


Pallet stop does not lower.

Possible cause could be missing pins between

the connecting handle and the connecting tube.

Solution: replace pin

Another cause could be foreign matter on the stop bar or stop itself.

Solution: clean stop mechanism

Pallet stop does not return to vertical position.

A broken spring or foreign object could be stuck inside the mechanism.

Solution: Replace spring/remove object

Pallet becomes difficult to move

Check your bearings on each roller. Your rollers may be need maintenance or repair.

Solution: Oil rollers, replace defective roller.

Pallet continually moves into guide rail.

Check to see if your dock is level.

Solution: level your dock by adjusting the docks foot pads.