Columbus McKinnon Yale MWW Serie Instrucciones De Servicio página 9

The working life of the winch is limited, wearing parts have to be replaced in good time
Operating material / Recommended lubricant
for all grease lubricating points: ⇒ multipurpose grease acc. to DIN 51825 T1 K 2 K
Waste lubricant has to be disposed acc. to legal regulations!
Operating failures and their causes
Failure
In unloaded state, it is difficult to
turn the crank
Load is not held
The load pressure brake does not
release - load may only be lowered
with high expenditure of force
Disposal
After having placed out of service, the parts of the hand winch have to be recycled or
disposed according to legal regulations!
Cause
Lubricant gearing is missing.
Dirt or something similar has accu-
mulated in the gearing.
Winch was distorted during mount-
ing
Wrong coiling of the rope winding
Direction for lifting was not correct
Brake is work out or defect.
Brake discs or brake mechanism is
distorted.
Elimination
Execute maintenance works.
Check the fixing. Is the mounting sur-
face even, are the screws tightened
correctly?
Lay the rope correctly (see picture on
page 7)
Examine brake parts and replace worn
out parts.
Release the brake by slightly striking
against the crank arm with the flat of
the hand in lowering direction