Forklift Lift Chains

Forklift lift chains are the core of this page, but the 128 chain listings cover more than the chain that raises the carriage. You'll also find steering chains, pump drive chains, engine timing chains and the connectors, links and anchors that go with them. Each listing names the machine or engine it belongs to, which is the quickest way to rule most of them out.

Lift Chain Sections and Links

Crown has the most chain, about 35 listings. The truck series is in the listing, so "FOR CROWN LIFT TRUCK 1.0 RCTL CHAIN - 10 FT 078833-002" is a chain for an RCTL, and the RCTF versions are listed on their own lines. Offset links and connecting links for Crown come in sizes marked 40 and 50, such as 076902-001 and 076902-003. Taylor-Dunn lists 10 foot sections, and Hyster has "HYSTER 355770 CHAIN - 10 FT".

Genie takes a different form. Four of its nine listings are shafts with lifting chains, for example "Genie GR-20 SHAFT LIFTING CHAINS 20MM DIA. 35707". Three more say "PULLEY SMALL CHAIN," and the last two are a chain hold down and a chain anchor pin. The other mast hardware is on the forklift mast parts page, which also holds chain anchors and carriage bolts.

Chains Inside Hydraulic Units

About 27 listings name a hydraulic unit, and they are chain assemblies, connectors and a few control rods for those units rather than lift chains in the forklift sense. Crown's PTH50 unit accounts for 10 of them, including "44533-A CHAIN ASSEMBLY FOR CROWN PTH50 HYDRAULIC UNIT" and "41180 CHAIN CONNECTOR FOR CROWN LATER PTH HYDRAULIC UNIT". Blue Giant, Bishamon and Lift-Rite units are covered too. Pumps themselves are on the forklift hydraulic pump page.

Timing, Drive and Steering Chains

Some chains belong to the engine or the drive train. Toyota has timing chains such as "Timing Chain for Toyota 13506-76004-71", listed against the 4Y engine, and Yale has a timing chain and an oil pump drive chain for the GLC030CD. There's a steering chain for Crown ("CHAIN ASSEMBLY - STEERING 077290"), and the forklift steering parts page covers the rest of that system.

Sheaves and pulleys, which guide the chain, show up here as well, with listings for Cascade, Komatsu and Caterpillar. The forklift pulley page is the place to look if the sheave is the worn part.

Finding a Chain by Make

The old chain or the plate on the truck usually gives you a make and a series. After that, search the make's own page: Toyota has about 12 chain listings here, Yale and Hyster have 6 each, and Komatsu and Caterpillar 4 each. Most Toyota numbers end in -71, and most Crown RCTL and RCTF numbers end in a dash suffix such as -001, -002, -003 or -033, so keep the full number when you compare.

Our warehouse in Franklin Park, Illinois has been shipping parts since 2005, and chain is one of the parts where a close number is the wrong number.

Forklift Lift Chain FAQ

Is every chain here a lift chain?

No. Timing chains, pump drive chains and hydraulic unit chains sit in the same group, so read the machine and the part name in the listing before you order.

Where do I find chain lengths?

Look for "10 FT" or "10 Foot Section" in the listing. One Crown RCTF listing is "CUT TO LENGTH USA", and a Genie listing gives a 20MM diameter.