The BendPak 5601300 sheave is the direct replacement for the BendPak lift it came off of. This is the genuine BendPak part — same fit and same working specification as the one already on your lift. Ordering the BendPak sheave from us gets you the OEM piece that matches the lift, not an aftermarket knock-off that is close but not the same.

Specifications

• Part number: 5601300
• Brand: BendPak
• Type: Genuine OEM sheave
• Fits: HD-973P, HD-973PX

Lift cables don't have a fixed lifespan; they have an hours-and-conditions lifespan. A busy shop that cycles a two-post twenty times a day wears cable and sheaves far faster than a home garage that lifts once a week. Grit, road salt dragged in on frames, and a rough sheave groove all speed it up. Most sets that see daily commercial use start showing broken strands somewhere in the five-to-ten year window.

The cables, sheaves, and lock-release parts on a lift make up the tension path — the mechanical chain that ties both carriages together and keeps them rising at the same rate off a single cylinder. Steel cable runs over grooved sheaves, and small release cables trip the safety pawls so the lift can come down. Every one of these parts lives under constant load whenever a vehicle is in the air, which is exactly why they wear.

What lifts this sheave fits

This sheave fits the lift models below. Click a model to open its visual parts breakdown — the exploded drawing with every part numbered, so you can confirm this is the right part for your exact lift before you order.

• HD-973P
• HD-973PX

Replacing your sheave

Swapping a sheave means getting the cable off it, driving out the pin without mushrooming it, and putting every spacer and clip back in the exact order it came apart. Anti-seize the pin on reassembly and install the new sheave with the bushing facing out. It's a short job that goes wrong fast if the retention hardware goes back in the wrong sequence, so the step-by-step is worth reading before you start. Full step-by-step: how to replace car lift sheaves.

Find the right part for your lift

Want to be sure before you buy? Pull the model and serial off your lift's plate and open our parts lookup to open the exploded parts breakdown for your model — find your part on the drawing and you know it fits. New to finding your model number? our guide to finding your model number covers it, or send a photo of the plate and we will read it for you.

Signs a cable or sheave is worn out

For the lock-release cable, pull the handle and watch every pawl. They should all pop out of their ladders together. A pawl that lags, or a release cable that feels frayed or has lost tension, means the cable or its spring is failing. Check it for the same broken strands and corrosion as any other cable — it's thinner, so it goes faster.

Parts commonly replaced at the same time

Think in sets when you order tension parts: cables in pairs, sheaves with their pins, and the lock-release cable if it is due. It is far cheaper to do the whole wear group while the lift is open than to reopen it for the piece you skipped. Tell us your model and we will assemble the kit.

Safety notes

Safety here is simple and non-negotiable: a frayed cable or cracked sheave is an out-of-service condition, not a watch-and-see. Replace at the manufacturer's interval or at the first sign of broken wires, corrosion, or groove wear, and always equalize and cycle the lift empty before it carries a vehicle again.

Before you order

A quick prep before ordering saves a wrong box: confirm your model and serial, and measure the old cable if you can. The same lift can take different cable lengths across its run, so matching the actual part beats matching the brochure. We will verify fit for your serial before anything leaves.

Confirm this is the right part before you order

Lift manufacturers revise parts mid-production without changing the model name, so the same lift bought two years apart can take two different revisions of the same component. Before you order, find the model plate on the lift — on most 2-post lifts it rides on one of the columns at eye level, on 4-post lifts it is usually on a column or the power-unit side runway — and note the full model number and serial. The serial dates the lift to a production run, and that is what decides which revision fits.

If the plate is painted over or missing, take a photo of the part you are replacing next to a tape measure and send it to us. Between the dimensions, the mounting pattern, and what lift it came off of, we can almost always identify the exact part before you spend money on the wrong one.

Why buy your BendPak sheave from Auto Lift Services

We install, inspect, and repair BendPak lifts every week — the 5601300 is a part we handle in the shop, not a random SKU we drop-ship. The phone answers if you have a question mid-install — call 800-674-9302 — and every part ships genuine, no aftermarket substitution unless you ask for it.