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SideWinder
Maintenance
Daily
Inspect the SideWinder® Assemblies overall; for damaged or missing foam on cleaning
hubs, loose bolts that may cause wobbling, and worn bearings.
Monthly
Inspect cleaning foam on all cleaning hubs for wear or damage, replace as needed.
Grease arm pivot bearings (4 per side) using marine grease.
Note: Before GREASING and after GREASING wipe off all bearing seal surfaces and Zerks. Grease
should only be applied until water is pushed out and bearings seals start to swell.
Note: The bottom bearings are accessible to be wiped clean, however the upper bearings are not,
access the top bearings by removing the bolt on top of the utility weldments.
Apply Fluid Film Rust and Corrosion Preventative spray liberally to all arm pivot bearings
(4 per side).
Apply Moly Grease to the Universal Joint every other month or every 25,000 cars
whichever comes first. Using a needle injector on a grease gun fill the boot 3/4 full with
grease. Compress and massage the outside of the boot to work the lubricant into the joint.
Troubleshooting
Problem Cause Solution
Cleaning Hubs not Mechanical failure may Check to see if bearings are seized up. If so,
spinning be possible see replacement parts.
If using flow control,
make sure it is open. If Check that the SideWinder® shaft keyway and
unsure, whether it is coupler are intact.
working properly,
remove and try without
flow control
Cleaning Hubs will not Faulty electrical signal Check electrical signal
retract
Faulty MAC valve Remove airline from ports 2 and 3 of 4-way
valve. Jog toggle switch on controller on and
off. If air is not felt when switching from 2 and
3, then valve is bad. See replacement parts
Excessive vibration Floor lags may be loose Make sure that the SideWinder® is tightly
lagged to floor
Bearing may need Check for play in the pivot arm bearings, if
replacing sloppiness is evident, bearings will have to be
replaced. See replacement parts
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