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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