Raymond Tube – RA247-011-005

Raymond catalogs this tube as an original component for its electric lift trucks, identified by Raymond's own part number and light at about a fifth of a pound. A tube in a chassis application serves as a spacer, a sleeve, or a short run that positions, protects, or connects other parts, and its bore and length are what determine the job it does.

The low weight points to a small-diameter or short piece rather than a heavy structural member, the kind of part that is replaced when the original is bent, corroded, or worn at a bearing or mating surface. Keeping the tube true matters because a bent or worn sleeve throws off the alignment of whatever it locates.

Because tubes of a family look alike, match the outside diameter, inside bore, and length of the tube coming off the truck to the replacement, since a tube that is close in size but wrong in bore will not seat or slide as intended. Forklifts Etc. supplies it as a direct Raymond replacement.