Mohawk LMF-12, Manual

Page 1: ...00 LB CAPACITY TWO POST TP 16 16 000 LB CAPACITY TWO POST TP 18 18 000 LB CAPACITY TWO POST VEHICLE LIFT MANUAL 5 INSTALLATION 5 OPERATION 5 MAINTENANCE 5 PARTS MOHAWK RESOURCES LTD 65 VROOMAN AVE AMSTERDAM NY 12010 TOLL FREE 1 800 833 2006 LOCAL 1 518 842 1431 FAX 1 518 842 1289 INTERNET WWW MOHAWKLIFTS COM E MAIL SERVICE MOHAWKLIFTS COM File LMF 15 16 18 w Airlocks 10 30 2012 doc Rev Date 10 30 ...

Page 2: ...m electrical outlet when not in use Never use the cord to pull the plug from the outlet Grasp plug and pull to disconnect 6 To reduce the risk of fire do not operate equipment in the vicinity of open containers of flammable liquids gasoline WARNING Risk of Explosion This equipment has internal arcing and sparking parts which should not be exposed to flammable vapors This equipment is only suitable...

Page 3: ...ories or configuration modifying components are used on this lift and if they are not certified for use on this lift then the certification of this lift shall become null and void Contact the participant Mohawk Resources Ltd for information pertaining to certified attachments accessories or configuration modifying components LOCK WARNING Latches do not automatically reset after disengagement After...

Page 4: ...d Here Please have this unit s model and serial number when calling for service Model Number ______________________ Serial Number ______________________ OR CONTACT MOHAWK RESOURCES LTD 65 Vrooman Ave P O Box 110 Amsterdam NY 12010 Toll Free 1 800 833 2006 Local 1 518 842 1431 Fax 1 518 842 1289 Internet www MOHAWKLIFTS com E Mail Service MOHAWKLIFTS com ...

Page 5: ...ting laboratory NRTL in accordance with ANSI UL 201 The manufacturer s production facility must meet quality control requirements as set forth in the ANSI Z34 1 1987 and the ALI ETL Automotive Lift Certification Program Procedural Guide All manufacturer provided instructions manuals and operator safety documents must meet the requirements of the ANSI ALI ALCTV 2011 and ANSI UL 201 Lifts meeting th...

Page 6: ... TRANSFERABLE WARRANTY APPLIES TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER ONLY THIS WARRANTY IS APPLICABLE TO UNITS LOCATED ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA CONTACT MOHAWK RESOURCES LTD FOR SPECIFIC WARRANTY PROVISIONS FOR UNITS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THESE COUNTRIES STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS ALL LIFTS STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL COMPONENTS OF THIS UNIT ARE GUARANTEED FOR THE BELOW STATED TIME FRAME SPECIFIC ...

Page 7: ... THE DATE OF SHIPMENT FROM FACTORY AGAINST DEFECTS IN WORKMANSHIP AND OR MATERIALS WHEN LIFT IS INSTALLED AND USED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS CUSTOM LIFTS AND OPTIONS ALL CUSTOM LIFTS AND OR CUSTOM OPTIONS ARE GUARANTEED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS CONSULT MOHAWK FACTORY FOR DETAILS ON SPECIFIC CUSTOM LIFTS AND OR OPTIONS WARRANTY EXCEPTIONS ALL LIFTS ADJUSTMENTS THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER CASUAL A...

Page 8: ...E ASSEMBLY MAN500 A 34 OFF SIDE ASSEMBLY MAN500 B 35 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM MAN501 36 DIVERTER VALVE ASSEMBLY MAN504 37 HEIGHT ADAPTER BRACKET CYLINDER CLAMPS MAN505 38 CARRIAGE SWING ARMS SLIDERS LIFTING PADS MAN506 39 LEG WELDMENT LINE SUPPORTS CARRIAGE STOPS MAN507 40 TAG DECAL LOCATIONS MAN508 41 MAIN SIDE CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MAN509 42 OFF SIDE CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MAN510 43 SMALL PARTS BAG MAN511 44 PAR...

Page 9: ...EY OF THE SIGHT AND OR THE POSSIBILITY OF POURING A NEW LEVEL CONCRETE SLAB SECTION SIMPLY STATED FOR OPTIMUM LEVEL LIFTING THE EQUIPMENT AT BEST CAN LIFT ONLY AS LEVEL AS THE FLOOR ON WHICH IT IS LOCATED AND SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO COMPENSATE FOR DRASTIC FLOOR SLOPE DIFFERENCES THIS EQUIPMENT MUST BE INSTALLED ON A LEVEL CONCRETE FLOOR WITH A MINIMUM THICKNESS OF 6 1 2 INCHES THE CONCRETE MUST ...

Page 10: ...0 0 500 1000 1500 2000 Pump Pressure PSI Load LBS SUGGESTED SITE SELECTION BAY SIZE WIDTH DEPTH HEIGHT 15 FEET 30 FEET 15 FEET NOTE THE PLACEMENT OF THE UNIT IS DETERMINED BY THE TYPE LENGTH WIDTH HEIGHT OF VEHICLE BEING SERVICED WEJ IT ANCHOR SPECIFICATIONS LENGTH DRILL DEPTH DRILL SIZE DRILL SIZE MIN MAX TORQUE 6 IN THRU 3 4 IN 775 IN 787 IN SEE ANCHOR SPECS PRE EXISTING FLOOR REQUIREMENTS MINIM...

Page 11: ...BOLT 1 4 20 X 1 1 2 10 258 600 690 005 LOCK NUT 1 4 20 NC 10 259 600 710 004 WASHER 1 4 SAE FLAT 4 021 601 310 005 BREATHER CAP 1 094 601 420 011 FITTING DOUBLE MALE UNION 6 JIC 4 409 601 710 001 DOUBLE LINE CLIP 6 600 710 006 WASHER FLAT FENDER 5 16 ID X 1 OD 6 623 007 007 075 SHIM BAG CONTENTS 633 600 740 001 SHIM 1 16 BLUE 8 634 600 740 002 SHIM 1 8 RED 8 635 600 740 003 SHIM 1 4 BLACK 8 012 01...

Page 12: ...S NEEDED 2IN WRENCH SOCKET SWING ARM PINS 1 VICE GRIPS AS NEEDED 2 1 4 IN CRESCENT WRENCH AS NEEDED 1 4 FT BUBBLE LEVEL VERIFY LEVEL ASSEMBLY 1 PRY BAR MOVING HEAVY ITEMS 1 TIN SNIPS PACKAGING BANDING 1 CHALK LINE FLOOR LAYOUT 1 SOAP STONE FLOOR LAYOUT 1 25 FT TAPE MEASURE FLOOR LAYOUT SQUARING POST 1 MEDIUM HAMMER WEJ IT ANCHORS 1 HAMMER DRILL DRILLING CONCRETE 1 DRILL BIT 3 4 INCH DRILLING CONCR...

Page 13: ...NS AND ABILITY TO MOVE EQUIPMENT IN THE BAY AREA REFER TO FIGURE 1 8 REQUIREMENTS MAY VARY ON SPECIAL ORDERS SPECIFICATIONS REFERENCE ALL SPECIFICATIONS PRIOR TO INSTALLING A LIFT WARNING BEFORE DRILLING THE MOUNTING HOLES ALL ANCHORS MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 6 INCHES AWAY FROM ANY EXPANSION SEAMS CONTROL JOINTS OR OTHER INCONSISTENCIES IN THE CONCRETE REFER TO ANCHOR MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS FOR S...

Page 14: ... REFER TO FIGURE 2 ASSEMBLE THE TWO OVERHEAD HYDRAULIC LINES FLAT ON THE FLOOR USING THE FOUR DOUBLE MALE UNIONS SEE MAN501 ASSEMBLE TWO OF THE DOUBLE LINE CLIPS TO THE CENTER SPAN OF THE OVERHEAD LINES APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES FROM THE DOUBLE UNIONS ASSEMBLE THE TWO OVERHEAD LINE SUPPORT BRACKETS TO THE TOP OF THE MAIN AND OFF SIDE POST ERECT THE OVERHEAD HYDRAULIC LINE ASSEMBLIES AND AIR HOSE ROUT...

Page 15: ...E TO SIDE USING A BUBBLE LEVEL LEVEL THE OFF SIDE POST FRONT TO REAR USING A BUBBLE LEVEL SET THE POST PARALLEL TO THE MAIN SIDE POST USING A MEASURING TAPE MEASURING FROM THE EDGE OF THE MAIN SIDE CHANNEL TO THE EDGE OF THE OFF SIDE CHANNEL AT THE BASE AND AT THE TOP OF THE POST THE MEASUREMENT AT THE TOP OF THE POST MUST BE THE SAME AS THE MEASUREMENT AT THE BASE OF THE POST AT THIS TIME PERFORM...

Page 16: ... GREASE AND OIL PERFORM THE PRE OPERATION CHECK LIST PER INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE RAISING VEHICLE TO DESIRED HEIGHT BEFORE DRIVING VEHICLE INTO THE BAY POSITION ARMS AND SUPPORTS TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED CLEARANCE DO NOT HIT OR RUN OVER LIFT ARMS ADAPTERS OR AXLE SUPPORTS THIS COULD DAMAGE LIFT OR VEHICLE LOAD VEHICLE ON LIFT CAREFULLY POSITION LIFT SUPPORTS TO CONTACT AT THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER S RECO...

Page 17: ...E ENGAGING ON BOTH POSTS AS LIFT IS RAISING LIFT IS NOT DRIFTING DOWN WHEN RAISED RAISE LIFT THEN STOP AND VERIFY DRIFT DOWN OF CYLINDERS NO VIBRATIONS FROM LOOSE CLAMPING ETC RELEASE LOCKS AND LOWER UNIT VERIFY THE FOLLOWING PROPER SYNCHRONIZATION OF LIFT ARMS UNIT IS LOWERING SMOOTHLY AIR IS BLEED FROM HYDRAULIC SYSTEM SEE BLEEDING PROCEDURE FOR MORE DETAILS NO LEAKS PRESENT AT ANY FITTING JUNCT...

Page 18: ...ICLES AS A RULE OF THUMB THE VEHICLE LENGTH ON A 2 POST MUST BE LIMITED TO 4 TIMES THE LENGTH OF THE ARM SPREAD TO RAISE IT THE CENTER OF GRAVITY ON THIS VEHICLE MUST LIE BETWEEN THE LIFTING PADS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS NOTE THAT SOME VEHICLES PER VEHICLE MANUFACTURER GUIDELINES ARE NOT TO BE RAISED BY THE FRAME REFER TO VEHICLE MANUFACTURER GUIDELINES FOR PROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUES THIS LIFT IS NOT INT...

Page 19: ...RINGS ARE LOCATED AT EACH CORNER OF THE CARRIAGE CENTERING OF VEHICLE IS ACHIEVED WHEN ALL 4 CAM FOLLOWER BEARINGS ARE FREE TO SPIN PLACE THE LIFTING PADS PER MFG S RECOMMENDED LIFT POINTS FOR THE VEHICLE REFER TO ALI LP GUIDE ALI SM01 2 LIFTING IT RIGHT GUIDE AND REFER TO THE RECOMMENDED LOCATION AND FORMAT OF THE VEHICLE LIFT POINT LABEL PER ANSI SAE J2184 OCT92 CAUTION IF PROPER AND SAFE LIFTIN...

Page 20: ...HE SAFE OPERATION OF THIS UNIT VERIFY ALL FASTENERS TO PROPER TORQUE SWING ARM NUTS 500 FT LB ARMS TO PIVOT FREELY CARRIAGE STOP FASTENERS TO 170 FT LB CARRIAGE SIDE ROLLER NUTS TO 300 FT LB LIFTING ROD NUTS TO 720 FT LB CYLINDER TOP BOLT TO 720 FT LB ANCHORS SEE ANCHOR SPECIFICATION SECTION LUBRICATE LOCK BODY MAIN PIVOT PINS REMOVE WITH SNAP RING PLIERS WHEN FULLY LOWERED AND CLEAN LOCK PIVOT PI...

Page 21: ...HOLD DOWN THE POWER UNIT LOWERING HANDLE OBSERVE THE MAINSIDE CARRIAGE FOR MOVEMENT THE UNIT HAS CHECK OUT OK IF THERE IS NO MOVEMENT MAINSIDE CARRIAGE DOES NOT CONTINUE TO LOWER OFFSIDE CYLINDER DIVERTER VALVE CHECK TO BE PERFORMED WHEN OFFSIDE CYLINDER DRIFTS DOWN 1 RAISE THE UNIT APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET 2 DISENGAGE BOTH MECHANICAL SAFETIES 3 REMOVE THE BLEED LINE FROM THE TOP OF THE OFFSIDE CYLIND...

Page 22: ... BUTTON PRESS THE LOWER HANDLE NO AIR SUPPLY FOR AIRLOCK RELEASE VERIFY AT REGULATOR THAT AIR SUPPLY IS BETWEEN 60 80 PSI UNIT UNEVEN SIDE TO SIDE RAISE UNIT TO FULL HEIGHT TO EQUALIZE THEN LOWER OR USE DIVERTER VALVE TO EQUALIZE POSTS OUT OF SQUARE VERIFY LEVEL ASSEMBLY MAKE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS SEE FIGURE 5 6 DEBRIS IN POSTS TOOLS ETC CLEAN UNIT OBSTRUCTION UNDER VEHICLE OR LIFT REM...

Page 23: ...UP BUTTON AT THE SAME TIME RUN UNIT APPROX 10 SECONDS DIVERTER VALVE REMOVE BLEED LINE FROM THE TOP OF THE OFF SIDE CYLINDER AND CAP USING MOHAWK PART 601 420 001 IF THE UNIT CONTINUES TO DRIFT DOWN THE DIVERTER PULL VALVE WILL NEED TO BE CLEANED OR REPLACED OFF SIDE CYLINDER REMOVE BLEED LINE FROM THE TOP OF THE OFF SIDE CYLINDER AND CAP USING MOHAWK PART 601 420 001 IF THE UNIT NO LONGER DRIFTS ...

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Page 25: ... 18 MOHAWK FIGURES DIAGRAMS MOHAWK RESOURCES LTD 65 VROOMAN AVE AMSTERDAM NY 12010 TOLL FREE 1 800 833 2006 LOCAL 1 518 842 1431 FAX 1 518 842 1289 INTERNET WWW MOHAWKLIFTS COM E MAIN SERVICE MOHAWKLIFTS COM MODEL LMF 12 TP 15 TP 16 TP 18 ...

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Page 54: ... MOHAWK SUPPLEMENTAL AIRLOCK PARTS MOHAWK RESOURCES LTD 65 VROOMAN AVE AMSTERDAM NY 12010 TOLL FREE 1 800 833 2006 LOCAL 1 518 842 1431 FAX 1 518 842 1289 INTERNET WWW MOHAWKLIFTS COM E MAIN SERVICE MOHAWKLIFTS MODEL LMF 12 TP 15 TP 16 TP 18 ...

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Page 65: ...ter or equal to 4 1 2 The floor should be test drilled to verify minimum floor thickness and to confirm building drawings A core sample should be obtained and tested to verify minimum floor compressive strength When investigating floor properties consult building drawings to verify proper floor reinforcement All 2 post lifts require a continuous single slab Spanning expansion seams or positioning ...

Page 66: ...entation should be obtained from the firm who supplies the concrete mixture at the time of the pour The slab above is designed as stand alone and does not take into account the contribution of strength from surrounding concrete It may be desirable to reinforce the new slab to the pre existing surrounding floor Care should be taken to locate these specific reinforcement bars away from any anchor po...

Page 67: ...72 Min 220 Min 18 4 Main Bars 24 4 Temperature Bars 4 in Long Bars 8 in Short Bars 1 in 8 in TR 19 24 Min 24 Min 4 4 Bars 8 Bars Total 6 in Each Way 3 4 in 5 in FL 25 24 Min 24 Min 4 4 Bars 8 Bars Total 6 in Each Way 3 4 in 5 in TR 25 24 Min 24 Min 4 4 Bars 8 Bars Total 6 in Each Way 3 4 in 5 in TR 30 48 Min 48 Min 4 4 Bars 8 Bars Total 6 in Each Way 3 4 in 5 in TR 33 72 Min 72 Min 12 4 Bars 24 Ba...

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Page 76: ...LIFTS ARE USED WE HAVE CREATED AN ON LINE PHOTO DATABASE FOR CUSTOMERS TO VIEW OUR LIFTS IN USE VISIT WWW MOHAWKLIFTS COM PR AND MAYBE WE CAN ADD YOUR PHOTOS TO OUR COLLECTION JPG FORMATS PREFERED E MAIL YOUR PHOTOS AND COMMENTS TO PHOTOS MOHAWKLIFTS COM BEST REGARDS HAPPY LIFTING YOUR FRIENDS AT MOHAWK LIFTS ...