Balcrank Premium EV Series, Operation, Installation, Maintenance And Repair Manual

Pressure Relief Procedure:

Follow this procedure before maintaining and/

or repairing your Premium Hose Reel and/or any 

part of the system.

1)  Disconnect the air to the pump.

2)  Point dispensing valve away from yourself and 

     others

3)  Open dispensing valve until pressure is 

     relieved.

WARNING

!

USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN HANDLING 

THE POWER SPRING!  

The spring is 

ALWAYS 

under great tension and could be propelled from 

the case with enough force to cause serious 

bodily injury.  To reduce the risk of serious bodily 

injury, use extreme caution when removing the 

top cover (20).  Be sure the spring case is lying 

flat, and then carefully lift up the cover to expose 

the power spring.

WARNING

!

Maintenance

Replacing Power Spring:

1.  Be sure the pressure supply has been 

     relieved.  

Follow the pressure relief

     procedures below.

2.  Disconnect inlet hose.  Remove the reel

     to work bench and clamp reel base 

     securely.

3.  Remove hose stop and control dispens

     ing valve, retract the hose and remove 

     nesessary wraps until 

all power spring 

     tension has been removed.

4.  Remove screws (11, 12 & 16) from base

     (40), hub (29) and top tie bar (19).

5.  Unclamp the reel form the workbench 

     and lay it on a flat work surface so the 

     spring case (21) is facing up.

6.  Twist the complete spring case assembly

     to the left or right and once the upright 

     (15) is clear of the base (40) and the top 

     tie bar (19) lift to remove the assembly.

NOTE:

  Be sure that both bolts (24) and 

safety cotter pins (20) are still in place on 

each side of the case before lifting.  (see 

figure 12 for placement of cotter pins).

 7.  Be sure case is lying flat on the work 

      surface, now remove bolts (24).  Next 

      using extreme caution, remove both 

      safety cotter pins from sides of case 

      and lift up on the spring case cover (22) 

      to expose the power spring.

 8.  

Carefully inspect the Power Spring; 

If 

      either end of the power spring is worn 

      or damaged and will not engage the 

      center plates (26) properly, replace the 

      power spring.  If the power spring has 

      become uncoiled inside the spring case, 

      the “keeper” has failed.  It is strongly 

      advised that you replace the complete 

      spring case assembly.  The “keeper” 

      is a metal band that is placed around the 

      power spring to keep it from uncoiling 

      when removed from the case.  If you 

      attempt to remove the power spring

      when this condition has occurred the 

      spring 

will uncoil quickly and can cause 

      serious bodily injury.  

(see figure 10)

 9.  Apply a light coat of grease inside the 

      spring case and cover.

10. Install the new power spring, making 

      sure that it is laid into the spring case 

counter clockwise 

and that the outside 

      end loop is around spring case bolt (24) 

      and spacer (10).

11. Replace spring case cover (23) and 

      insert cotter pins (20) through sides of 

      spring case and cover.  Tighten case 

      and cover to upright (15).

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