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WEBM1000 Maintenance and Lubrication Section (Pipelayer Attachment
Kit)
NOTICE
Make sure that the construction of the wire rope is
6x25 IW
RC XIPS (Independent Wire Rope Core,
eXtra Improved Plow Steel) USA MADE. Also, the
established grade of the wire rope is the improved
plow bolt (steel), 26670 kg (58 800 lb) minimum
breaking strength.
Table 34
SPECIFICATIONS (WIRE ROPE)
Boom Line Cable
Boom Length Diameter of
Cable
Leng
th of Cable
6.1 m (20 ft) 19.05 mm
(0.75 inch)
40.2 m
(132 ft)
7.3 m (24 ft) 19.05 mm
(0.75 inch)
45.7 m
(150 ft)
Table 7: Boom line wire rope specifications
1. Lower the boom to the ground and support the
boom.
Note: The
loaded force in the winch drum must be
neu
tralized before removing the wire rope from a
loaded drum.
2. Remo
ve the anchor for the wire rope from the
drum fo
r the boom. Remove the old wire rope.
3. Unroll the new wire rope from the spool.
Note: Weld th
e cable ends in order to prevent
fray
ing.
NOTICE
Unroll all of the cable from the spool. Lay the wire
rope on a flat
surface. Never lift the wire rope off the
spool in coils.
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Illustration 285
nstalling boom line, cable anchor assembly
4. Install the cable (1) into the small slot and
through the larger slot in the drum for the boom.
• Make sure that 2 to 4 threads of capscrew (2)
are engaged
into the cable anchor assembly
(4). Start with the capscrew and insert the
cable anchor assembly into the longer slot as
far as allowed.
• Make sure that the lip of retainer (3) faces the
t
op e
dge (5) of the small slot in order to hold
the retainer in place. Make a loop with the end
of the wire rope and insert the end into the slot
past the cable anchor assembly.
• Pull the wire rope until the wire rope and
anc
hor assembly are se
curely seated inside
the slot. Tighten the capscrew to a torque (6) of
44 ± 3 N·m (32 ± 2 lb ft).
5. Wind on
e half of th
e wire rope on the drum (7.)
Wind the wire rope evenly across the drum.