Raymond Shaft RA1026386-001 – E-8826

Serving as the pivot and load-bearing axis for the linkage assembled around it, this Raymond shaft ties the moving members of a lift truck linkage together and holds their alignment under load. Raymond produces it for the lift and linkage area of its electric lift trucks, where the shaft locates several members on a common axis and lets them pivot in relation to one another.

Under working load the shaft carries shear and bearing forces from every member riding on it, and its bearing surfaces and pivot points are what wear over service life. Play or scoring on those surfaces shows up as slop in the linkage and imprecise movement in the mechanism it supports, which a fresh shaft corrects by restoring a true, tight-fitting axis.

Match the shaft diameter, length, and end features, along with any cross-drilling or retaining grooves, to the worn part, since those details set how the shaft seats and how the linkage members and their retainers locate on it.