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Finding the right replacement parts for your old lift is no small task. With a plethora of manufacturers and models containing individual and unique parts, the search can be time-consuming and fruitless.

At times, purchasing an entirely new lift seems easier than finding a specific replacement part – although this option is more costly. Our desire is to streamline the process of finding the specific replacement part you require. In the content below, we explore two simple steps to finding replacement parts for your shop’s old lift. First, identify your lift. Second, choose your replacement part via our comprehensive guides.

Identify Your Lift & Choose Replacement Parts

Nussbaum

We are experts at transforming old Nussbaum lifts to smoothly functioning tools. We always keep hundreds of Nussbaum replacements parts in our inventory. Anything we don’t have in stock, we can create. A full line of height extensions are available for STL7000s, SPL8000s, and multiple other models. These extensions, of course, are crucial for hoisting vehicles with uneven lifting points. Every replacement part is also available for the Nussbaum lifts listed below, as well as many additional models.

Nussbaum replacement parts can be identified by selecting a specific type of lift from SVI’s primary Nussbaum page. Once a specific type is chosen, your model can be selected; for example, navigate to “Above Ground Mid Rise Lifts Nussbaum” and choose the Sprinter model. The Sprinter page leads to a comprehensive pdf list of auto lift parts for this particular Nussbaum model, including but not limited to cables, pads, switches, and valves.

Acanus

Formerly one of North America’s leading 4-post surface mount lifts, Acanus is no longer in business. However, auto shops still utilizing Acanus lifts require a source of repair and maintenance supplies; after all, replacing individual auto lift parts is significantly more cost-effective than replacing an entire lift. Below, we’ve listed common Acanus models we service.

Replacement parts for Acanus lifts can be found in the same manner as Nussbaum’s. Navigate first to SVI’s primary Acanus page. From here, specific types and models can be explored, along with comprehensive guides to their replacement parts.

Grand

We often call Grand lifts the “granddaddy” of auto lifts. Most Grand predecessors have used the exact Grand lift design or something similar – this says a lot for their quality and timeless integrity. Shops utilizing older Grand auto lifts can continue using these classic, trustworthy lifts without replacing the entire system.

Above Ground 4-Post Lifts:

• FP12L
• FP12L18
• FP12LW
• FP12N
• FP12NW
• FP12S
• FP12SW

“Granddaddy’s” main page is simple and can be navigated similarly to both prior examples. Along with a pdf list of replacement parts, you can explore a chain identification guide, auto lift power unit selection brochures, auto lift cables reference, power units and parts surface mount lifts, and other helpful guides. These related documents are available in nearly every model page.

Weaver

Known for the popular lift design EC-881, Weaver Lifts was one of the oldest lift manufacturers in the United States. With a uniquely robust design, many transit bus operators and municipal garages solely use Weaver style lifts. The Weaver lift design is durable, tested over time, and cost-effective, which is why SVI readily produces a heavy-duty, Weaver style lift. However, Weaver designs extend beyond the heavy-duty lift we produce – and beyond the widely used EC-881. SVI provides replacement parts, including safety legs, rack bars, chain, seal kits, rollers, and custom and standard adapters for every Weaver lift. The selection below is a small sample of the Weaver lift designs we service.

• EC-081-11
• EC-292B
• EC-292C
• EC-881C
• EC-885C
• EC-081
• EC-284

SVI’s Weaver Lift main page presents navigation to every model of Above Ground 2-Post Lifts, In Ground Front and Rear/ Fore and Aft Lifts, In Ground Side by Side Lifts, and In Ground Single Post lifts. Selecting a model will guide you to both an interactive list of replacement parts and the comprehensive pdf list. For example, selecting Above Ground/ Surface Mount 2-Post Lifts, AFH-70 will guide you to a screen similar to this:

Lincoln

At SVI, we source or make replacement parts for Lincoln auto lifts engineered to flawlessly function and replace your original parts. If we don’t currently carry the exact part you require, we will utilize your worn piece to manufacture an entirely new product. Below, we’ve listed specific Lincoln lift models.

Once more, specific replacement parts can be identified by navigating to SVI’s Lincoln lift page and selecting your model – or the hose reel repair option. A comprehensive guide to Lincoln lift replacement parts will be available for your perusal.

SVI International

Didn’t see for your specific lift manufacturer or model? Don’t worry – SVI International has the part you need. The lift models and manufacturers identified above are only a small sample of the many brands SVI services. You can view our entire list of products by lift make and model.

Serving over 2,000 companies throughout North America with over 30,000 different items, SVI International is the undeniable leader of the automotive service equipment industry. We hope to serve you as well. With any questions, concerns, or required assistance placing an order, please call us at (800) 321-8173 or fill out our online contact form.

This year, the newly designed Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks spread a wave of excitement throughout the automotive world.

The redesign also presented a uniquely agitating – and potentially dangerous – challenge for independent repair shops. In the content below, we explore the purpose and design details behind the 2019 remodels, the inherent problem created for shops and vehicle owners, and the custom-designed solution.

2019 Truck Redesigns

The automotive world consistently looks forward to remodels and newest models with impatient agitation. Thus, when rumor of redesign surrounded the full-size pickup truck, an American automotive staple, enthusiasts listened closely. The rumor was quickly realized; in order to reduce weight for fuel efficiency, both the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra pickup truck models were redesigned in 2019.

Chevrolet Silverado 1500

According to Chevrolet, nearly a century of truck building experience was placed into the new Silverado, a truck that is “bigger, stronger, and lighter than the previous generation.”

Exterior: The Chevrolet Silverado 1500’s primary exterior evolution is noticeable at first glance: a front grille with working air curtains. The body itself is defined, sculpted, modern, and altogether refined. Widened by 7 inches, the truck bed has increased payload capacity. The entire vehicle weighs nearly 450 pounds less than previous models, fulfilling the goal for increased fuel efficiency.

Interior: The interior also went through extensive updates. For optimized towing capabilities, new technology was installed to ease the process of hooking up a trailer. Among increased towing competences, Chevrolet introduced a variety of safety features, including a rear camera, surround-vision view, lane change alert, front pedestrian braking, and much more.

GMC Sierra Pickup Truck:

GMC’s pickup truck boasts revolutionary redesign, offering “unprecedented levels of presence, purpose, and power.”

Exterior: The GMC Sierra was built to break away from previous designs. Unlike the evolutionary additions to the Chevrolet 1500, the Sierra features a new build, new bodywork, and redesigned grille – the result is a bold, tall, and prominent truck. Advanced lighting and polished aluminum wheels complete the new look.

Interior: The 2019 Sierra interior is spacious, allowing for more room in the driver’s seat and the crew cab. Leather, dark-finish aluminum, and open-pore wood trim make up the interior.

As mentioned, the primary goal for the redesigns was heightened fuel efficiency. The U.S. Department of Energy stresses the importance for efficient vehicles, from monetary savings and reduced oil dependence to reduced climate change and increased energy sustainability. The redesigns made economic sense; however, the evolutionary and revolutionary redesigns that awed the automotive world led to one significant issue – the redesigned trucks do not fit well onto traditional automotive service lifts. When being serviced and lifted in the air, these vehicles require that special, wider frame engaging lifting adapters are used on the lifts to properly raise the trucks without damage.

The Problem

Placing vehicles onto improperly equipped lifts can lead to severe, often unnoticed, issues. The newly lowered front frame of the redesigned trucks, for example, can often crack when placed onto traditional automotive service lifts without proper lifting adapters. Truck purchasers, bringing their vehicle to an independent repair shop, are largely unaware of the issues. Independent repair shop owners are often unaware of the issue as well. Even small, unnoticed cracks may begin rusting, leading to potentially intensified damage over time. Current truck owners, future purchasers, and repair shops may continue causing additional damage without realizing and correcting the problem.

Thus, custom-designed solutions for independent shops with a plethora of automotive service lifts had to be designed and built.

The Solution: SVI’s Specialty Lifting Adapters

SVI exists to create innovative solutions for any customer. Specialty lifting adapters for virtually any lift were designed to accommodate the 2019 Chevrolet 1500 Silverado and GMC Sierra truck models. In fact, we designed the very equipment the redesigned trucks were prototyped upon in the Michigan General Motors plant. Knowing these vehicles well, we knowledgeably supply the proper automotive lifting adapters for use by repair shops.

What We Offer:

Our specialty lifting adapters for the 2019 Chevrolet 1500 Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks are applicable to Rotary, Challenger, Bendpak, Benwil, Forward, Wheeltronic, Mohawk, Gilbarco, Globe, Manitowoc, and virtually any other lift make available. Are you looking for a specific adapter? You can view our entire collection here. Once we build a custom adapter, we publicly provide it. This is why our selection is so extensive and diverse.

Don’t see the exact adapter your lifts require? Call SVI today at (800) 321-8173 with any questions, concerns, or inquiries. We are dedicated to serving our clients with custom solutions that reflect a unique level of quality.

Are rubber arm pads becoming a commodity item that anyone can make? Not so fast. There is more to making a good rubber arm pad than meets the eye.

SVI has been investing in tooling and supplying rubber arm pads since the early 1990s. Our original North American production partner of rubber arm pads is still our partner today. This means we have forged a consistent relationship based on quality, which remains in place to this day. Over twenty plus dedicated and loyal years of working together has ensured that SVI rubber arm pads are made to strict SVI requirements from the inside out.

SVI does not believe in using reground old material or fillers to minimize cost that negatively impacts product quality. Instead, SVI management and engineering requires that only 100% pure virgin rubber or other properly-suited materials are used, such as urethane compounds. SVI arm pads are superior, last longer, and are the top choice of true automotive lift repair professionals.

When SVI invests its resources in tooling for a pad, often times it also includes tooling on a stamped metal plate that is molded within the pad to provide additional support and lifespan. In the case of many of the pads flooding into North America from China, Taiwan or India, important details such as material quality, durability and metal inserts are simply ignored.

SVI is constantly expanding its selection of replacement rubber arm pads, and where possible, offering product enhancements such as embedded fabric reinforcement. Currently, SVI is also working on producing many new pads for use on European and Asian lifts found in North America.

As a part of the on-going efforts on your behalf, SVI is investing more money in additional tooling to improve productivity, and further reduce your costs. SVI’s low-cost pricing directly reflects the progress being made to support distributors, automotive lift users and North American jobs across the board.

SVI is committed to delivering real value to those who expect value to also mean quality.

Demand SVI quality; replace worn and damaged automotive lift pads today.

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SVI International, Inc has been providing quality products and repair parts for a wide variety of automotive and industrial equipment since 1977.

While we began as experts in hydraulic seals for in-ground lifts, we have expanded our horizons, now specializing in hydraulic cylinders for all kinds of lifts. Over the years, we have engineered parts for a wide variety of equipment including lubrication equipment, air compressors, and equipment used in the oil and petroleum industries.

We are best known for our enthusiasm to problem-solve and engineer solutions for older equipment, providing replacement parts that are no longer manufactured or overpriced because of their limited quantities. With three ready-to-ship warehouses scattered around the country for convenient shipping of our many stocked products, as well as a team of engineers who are eager to provide custom solutions, we pride ourselves in being able to quickly provide high-quality parts for numerous applications.

Full-Size Products

For over three decades, hydraulic cylinder lifts have been one of our main supplied products. We provide cylinders for many different makes and models of automotive lifts so you can keep your current lift working for many years to come. Our cylinders can also be used in almost any application that lifts heavy loads (e.g. turbines, printing presses, and commuter rail cars). We also provide large, single-acting cylinders for steel and lumber mills.

SVI specializes in custom solutions. This includes building automotive lift adapters to ensure that your lift can be used safely with car/truck models that are more complex, such as 2019 GM Trucks. These adapters can be installed directly onto most lifts for repairing models that are not compatible with the standard lift.

In addition, we offer top-of-the-line completely new lifts. We provide specialized lifts for small outdoor and turf equipment, including ATVs, golf carts, and landscaping equipment. Additionally, we manufacture car and light truck lifts as well as heavy truck and bus lifts with in-ground fore and aft, in-ground side by side, or in-ground single post configuration options.

Replacement Parts

At SVI International, we provide replacement parts for major lift brands, including Rotary, Challenger, Acanus, Benwil, Mohawk, Manitowoc Lifts, Nussbaum, Bend-Pak and more. For customers who are not quite ready to replace a trusted, decades-old lift, we can provide parts that other manufacturers have discontinued or are selling at exorbitant prices.

Some of our best-selling replacement parts include cables, chain pulleys, slider-blocks, and rubber arm pads. For more complex or lesser-known parts, we have an extensive offering of those, as well as the capacity to create a custom solution for parts we don’t yet carry. We enjoy problem-solving so that a quality lift can last for many years.

Engaged Engineers

Our team of mechanical engineers thrives on receiving specific requests for replacement parts that are not available on the market or that are too expensive elsewhere. The engineering team will come up with a quality solution at a competitive price, and the part designs will be available forever. Customers are involved in the entire design process to ensure that engineers meet the specific needs, and if the engineers are not able to provide an excellent solution, our customers will be notified as soon as possible.

Success Stories

General Motors needed to modify two of their in-ground lifts to increase the weight-bearing capacity without making the current in-ground lift impossible to store by changing the lift structure and size dramatically. The SVI engineering team had to account for safety requirements as well as GM’s desire to have the lifts recede into the ground to create a flush floor when the lifts were not in use. Our team of engineers successfully accomplished this goal using stronger rack bars, pinion gears, cross shaft, and lock components to increase the lifts’ capacity by 2,000 lbs, accommodating GM’s newer, heavier models. 

A customer approached SVI to provide a solution for Porsche 911-model lifts. These models are extremely low to the ground, which lead SVI to create a custom solution called a Dial-A-Dapter™, allowing users to locate the correct lifting points on the vehicle without full accessibility. The Dial-A-Dapter™ has a fine adjustment wheel, removing the need for spotting and guesswork while aligning the car on the lift properly.

Safety Solutions

SVI International is known in the lift industry for innovating methods to update existing lift models to meet continually developing OSHA standards. Safety and compliance are our top priorities, and we have created multiple easy-to-install solutions (including a solution for the DTO model Rotary lift) so customers can quickly update equipment to meet strict OSHA standards.

SVI International Inc.

If you’re not yet convinced that we are an industry leader in innovation for shop equipment repair parts, lifting equipment, and complete new lifts, request a quote today and let us impress you with our team’s customer service, competitive prices, and creative problem-solving.

We have included a few excellent reviews received below:

Kevin Valdes, President of Automotive Equipment Parts Network stated, “SVI has consistently been a key partner in our business and pivotal to our success. SVI’s representatives are extremely knowledgeable, friendly, and courteous. Their knowledge of industry equipment is second to none. SVI’s quick turn-around times and high availability have been instrumental in minimizing our end user’s downtime.  SVI has consistently allowed us to source replacement components for otherwise obsolete equipment, ensuring high customer satisfaction levels. We look forward to continue doing business with SVI for the foreseeable future.”

Stacey Youngblut, Office Manager of F&W Service Co. also experienced one-of-a-kind service: “What a great company to work with! Even though I have only been involved in this particular industry for a short time, I come from a very long line of customer service work and know what great customer service is. Whenever I reach out to SVI, I am always given excellent customer service. They have a great response time whether it comes to correspondence via email or phone. They are quick to resolve any questions I have and when orders are placed I can always rest assured that they were received because I get an email letting me know! Great job and keep up the excellent customer service!”