Planned Maintenance Servicing

Planned Maintenance Servicing is a low cost easy way to extend your lift truck’s life. PMs keep you up to date on exactly what needs servicing, so you keep your equipment running optimally and reduce profit eating repair costs. You’ll also proactively prevent problems from cropping up, instead of having to rush to react to every last minute breakdown.

Planned Maintenance provides benefits such as:

» The ability to budget your service needs
» Better trade-in or resale value when you replace your equipment
» A longer economic life for your equipment
» Increased safety and reliability, that reduces OSHA violations and downtime due to component failure

Dust or wash the entire lift

Lubricate the chassis and moving mast parts

Adjust the mast support bushing, tilt cylinder pins, and chassis links

Replace the engine oil

Replace the brake fluid, wheel bearing grease, engine coolant, fuel strainer element, and water separator on diesel trucks

Drain off the water separator on diesel trucks

Replace the differential and transmission oil

Clean the air filter compartment and replace air filter

Replace the fuel filter

Replace the hydraulic filter

Inspect the lift and tilt cylinder operation, drive belt tension, spark plugs, distributor point, cap and rotor.

Inspect pedal movement, hand brake, mast operation, carriage rollers, lift chain tension, lift and tilt cylinder movement, hydraulic oil pump, PCV valve, and hoses on engine trucks

Inspect the brake booster operation

Check the engine head bolts and manifold nuts. Torque if needed.

Adjust the clutch release bearing on standard shift trucks

Clean battery terminals

Check all safety labels

Note any non-PM related repairs that are needed immediately or in the near future

Parts you may need to perform your PMs:

By cataloging your forklift’s usage time and performing these systematic inspections, detection, corrections, and prevention of oncoming repairs ensures that your lift will stay within OSHA compliance and minimize disruptions to your business.

Downtime is the single greatest expense associated with your equipment.  Maintenance plans help reduce your downtime by creating early catches and easier access for technicians to assess your machine, and keep it running at it’s optimal condition.