How often should you schedule forklift maintenance?
The frequency of forklift routine maintenance plays an important role in the performance and longevity of your forklift. There are a few ways to determine how often your forklift trucks should have maintenance.
Hours of Operating vs Time
Most forklift companies will recommend servicing your lift truck based on usage intervals and time intervals. Usage intervals are measured using pedal hours or key hours while time intervals are measured in days and months. We recommend your forklift is serviced based on hours used.
Here is what a maintenance schedule based on hours looks like:
Every 200 hours a full service is recommended. The trained technician will:
Install a new fuel filter
Grease of chassis and mast components
Adjust ignition timing and engine idle speed
Change the oil and install a new oil filter
Install a new air filter
Inspect the lift, distributor point, drive belt tension, spark plugs, cap and rotor
Every 600 hours, the hydraulic system should be serviced. A technician will:
Replace hydraulic oil
Inspect the lift chain tension, pedal free play, mast operation, carriage rollers, lift and tilt cylinder operation, hand brake, hydraulic oil pump, differential and transmission oil, fuel filter, PCV valve, and hoses
Clean the radiator
Replace the fuel filter
Replace the hydraulic filter
Adjust the clutch release bearing, mast support bushing, tilt cylinder pins and chassis links
Anhui Leading Forklift Parts Co., Ltd. is owned by SHENGAN Group which is the biggest forklift parts distributor in China in the years of 2019, 2018, 2017. There are 28 branch companies in China with a large center warehouse in Hefei City and 26 transit warehouses in China mainland. We’ve built up good relationship with near 900 forklift parts manufacturers since 1998.
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