SVI Trucks Refurb Manager, Scott Miller, teaches fire departments how to keep their fire apparatus’ ROM roll up doors running smooth and looking good for future years to come.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION:
You have Scott Miller here through SVI Trucks. We’re gonna talk about how to service your ROM rollup doors. When you have a ROM rollup door, you want them to open freely, but not retract all the way up. You want ’em to go halfway, if not. You want to adjust the barrel on the backside.
Now to clean your ROM rollup doors. These are anodized aluminum doors, so if you get any salt or grime on them, you want to get that salt off of there. Otherwise, the anodization will start pitting on you.
When you get into servicing and cleaning these, you’ll have little rubber gaskets in between each door. If you use a pressure washer, those rubber gaskets can actually get blown out, so you want to make sure to hand wash all of these rubber seals.
If you use a pressure washer, those rubber gaskets can actually get blown out, so you want to make sure to hand wash all of these rubber seals.
If you use a pressure washer, those rubber gaskets can actually get blown out, so you want to make sure to hand wash all of these rubber seals.
Scott Miller, SVI Trucks Refurb Manager
A few things to keep in mind is if you wash ’em with a soap, you wanted to use a mild soap with a pH level between six and nine, and if you have a painted door, you want to use the cleaning solutions that the paint companies recommend. When you do clean these. You want to not use a pressure washer, you want to hand wash them.
And what you would want to do is clean your tracks on the sides, clean your skirt up on top of the door, and also you want to clean this rubber seal at the bottom to make sure you keep water out . What’s important is you have plastic shoes on the ends of these doors that rub in these tracks. So if you do have dirt and grime, it can wear those shoes out faster than later.
When you re-lube these tracks, you want to use a non petroleum based product. Such as a dry silicone for those sides. On the ROM rollup doors. If you go to add graphics on them, uh, you want to use a 50 50 mix of rubbing alcohol to water and clean the doors thoroughly, and that way the graphics can build adhesive on to the door.
If you keep the doors clean, it will last you for years to come.