Forklift Contactors & Tip Kits

This page holds about 850 listings, mostly in three families: about 240 that name a contactor, 17 contact, tip or contactor kits, and roughly 570 that name a solenoid, which make up the largest share. A contactor is the heavy electrical switch that carries drive or pump current, so its listings lean on a brand and a part number, and about a quarter add a voltage. The sections below take each family in turn.

Forklift Contactor Listings

Albright is the name you'll see most, in about 63 listings, and 58 of them follow one pattern: "Contactor Albright Part # SW200-36 - Brand New". The Baker name appears in 22, 15 of them contactors, such as "Contactor Baker Part # 137876 - This is Brand New", and Barrett in about 15, like "Contactor Barrett Part # 39186-002 - Brand New". Other contactors are listed under the truck maker, for example "for CROWN 110613-005 contactor - 36-48 volt".

Voltage turns up in about 65 of these listings, and 24V in about 40. Hydraulic pump contactors are named by machine, as in "Skyjack SJIII3015 HYDRAULIC PUMP CONTACTOR 103101", and "FOR SNORKEL 0150645 CONTACTOR" is a short one. Keep every letter and dash of an Albright code such as SW180-36/48 or DC182-12 when you search.

Contact Kits and Tip Kits

When only the contacts need replacing, a kit may be listed instead of a whole contactor. About 20 listings use the word contact, among them "117162 CONTACT TIP KIT FOR CROWN PE 3000 SERIES". Yale and Hyster list contact kits too, named for the drive or steering contactor they belong to. Crown also lists tip pieces by position, for instance "FOR Crown Lift Truck 1.0 RCTF - CARRIER - MOVABLE TIP EV1 079802" and a sleeve tip carrier, 094826. Wording varies, so try contact kit as well as tip kit.

Solenoids and Valve Coils in the Mix

More than half of this group names a solenoid, and those listings have their own page: forklift solenoids. About 190 of them name a valve (about 145 valves, 26 coils and 21 seal kits), and 37 in all name a coil. About 13 are for starters. For starter units, see forklift starters, and for the valves, forklift hydraulic valves. Coils for engines are on forklift ignition coils.

The names overlap. "FOR Skyjack 146475 - NEW FOR Skyjack 3219 3215 24 Volt Solenoid / Contactor" uses both words, so a search for either one can find it.

Contactors and Solenoids by Brand

Genie has the most listings at about 200, and about 160 of them name a solenoid, with the AWP series at 11 and the GR-15, GS-1530 and S-40 at 8 each. Albright has 63, JLG about 61, Crown about 45 and Yale about 41. Bobcat has 31, Hyster 31, Clark and Toyota 28 each, Linde and Baker 27 and Skyjack 27.

Crown listings tend to name the series, with 15 for the RCTL and 12 for the RCTF. Not sure which maker's page to start from? Search by part number at the top of any page, or browse by manufacturer.

Forklift Contactor FAQ

Is a contactor the same as a solenoid?

Not always, but a few listings call one part by both names. Search with both words if the first doesn't find your part.

Do the contactor listings say new?

Close to half do. About 110 of the contactor listings say new, and 51 of the Albright contactors end in "Brand New".