Harrington Hoists TCR owner manual See Sections

Table 5-3Hoist Inspection Methods and Criteria (continued)

Item	Method	Criteria	Action
Hooks - Bent Shank	Visual	Shank and neck portions of hook should be free	Replace.
or Neck		of deformations
Hooks - Yoke	Visual	Should be free of significant rust, weld splatter,	Clean/Lubricate, or
Assembly		nicks, gouges. Holes should not be elongated,	replace as required.
		fasteners should not be loose, and there should
		be no gap between mating parts.
Hooks - Swivel	Visual, Function	Bearing parts and surfaces should not show	Clean/lubricate, or
Bearing		significant wear, and should be free of dirt, grime	replace as required.
		and deformations. Hook should rotate freely with
		no roughness.
Hooks - Idle Sheave	Visual, Function	Pockets of Idle Sheave should be free of	Clean/lubricate, or
and Axle (Bottom		significant wear. Idle Sheave surfaces should be	replace as required.
Hook on Double Fall		free of nicks, gouges, dirt and grime. Bearing
Hoist)		parts and surfaces of Idle Sheave and Axle
		should not show significant wear. Idle Sheave
		should rotate freely with no roughness or
		significant free play.
Hooks - Hook	Visual, Function	Latch should not be deformed. Attachment of	Replace.
Latches		latch to hook should not be loose. Latch spring
		should not be missing and should not be weak.
		Latch movement should not be stiff - when
		depressed and released latch should snap
		smartly to its closed position.
Load Chain -	Visual	Should be free of rust, nicks, gouges, dents, and	Replace.
Surface Condition		weld splatter. Links should not be deformed, and
		should not show signs of abrasion. Surfaces
		where links bear on one another should be free of
		significant wear.
Load Chain - Pitch	Measure	The “L” dimension should not be greater than	Replace, inspect
		maximum value listed in Table 5-7.	Load Sheave (and
			Idle Sheave for
			double fall hoist).
Load Chain -	Visual, Auditory	Entire surface of each chain link should be coated	Clean/lubricate
Lubrication		with lubricant and should be free of dirt and grime.	(see Sections 6.0).
		Chain should not emit cracking noise when
		hoisting a load.
Load Chain -	Visual	Chain should be reeved properly through Load	Reeve/Install chain
Reeving		Sheave (and Idle Sheave for double fall hoist) -	properly.
		refer to Section 3.11. Chain, limit locks and
		stoppers should be installed properly - refer to
		Section 7.3.2.
Bolts, Nuts and	Visual, Check	Bolts, nuts and rivets should not be loose.	Tighten or replace
Rivets	with Proper Tool		as required.

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