OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL

85V062000

Equipment:mechanical:wrecker And Wheel Lift Devices

Reported May 14, 1985 · ERNEST HOLMES COMPANY

Summary

THE COUNTER BALANCE VALVE COULD FAIL AND ALLOW THE HYDRAULIC BOOM LIFT TO LOWER WITHOUT WARNING. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: SHOULD THE BOOM LOWER WITH A VEHICLE IN TOW, A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR.

Consequence

Not supplied in the source record.

Remedy

INSTALL NEW COUNTER BALANCE VALVES NOT SUBJECT TO THIS DEFECT.

Notes

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: POWER WRECKERS-MODELS 1100 (5 TON) AND 1200 (7 TON). SYSTEM: COUNTER BALANCE VALVE FOR LIFT.

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