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Rant: Took me 6 hours to fix a main hoist limit switch that should have been a 20 minute job
Whoever designed the access panel on a Liebherr LTM 1050 with a bolt pattern that requires three different socket sizes and a mirror on a stick needs to spend a shift actually working on one, has anyone else had to tear apart half the cab just to reach a simple switch?
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susanm5624d ago
bolt pattern that requires three different socket sizes" - like seriously, was that intentional? I gotta ask, did you end up having to pull the entire dash panel or was there some kind of trick to get to it? Because I swear these engineers sit in an office and just draw stuff without ever thinking about what happens when something breaks. The mirror on a stick thing is just insult to injury, man. Did you at least find the right mirror setup before you started or did you have to McGyver something together?
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averymartin24d ago
@susanm56 that bolt pattern is absolutely intentional I swear. Some German engineer had a bet going with the Swedish guy on the Scania truck design team. I ended up having to pull the whole kick panel AND the cup holder tray just to get a clear shot at the switch with my mirror. The trick nobody tells you is to take the seat base out first - two 13mm bolts under the slide rail covers, then you can kinda fold yourself in there like a contortionist. Still took me four hours though because I had to keep switching between a 1/4 inch drive and a wobble extension to reach the back two bolts.
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[T]hree different socket sizes" was my breaking point too. On a Grove RT I just gave up and cut a new access hole with a hole saw.
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