mAINTENANCE
NOTICE
Arms with
3.Unscrew the locking bolts on the adjustment tool and place the trowel arm into the fixture channel as shown in Figure 46 A thin shim may be required to cover the blade holes on the trowel arm. Make sure to align the trowel adjustment bolt with the fixture adjustment bolt.
TROWEL
ARM ARM LEVER
FIXTURE
ARM
ADJ.
BOLT
SHIM
ADJ.
BOLT
LOCKING
BOLTS
DISTANCE
TROWEL ARM.010 INCH ADJUSTMENT
FIXTURE
P/N 1817
Figure 46. Trowel Arm Adjustment Fixture
Components
4.Use an allen wrench to tighten the locking bolts securing the trowel arm in place.
5.Adjust the bolt "distance" shown in Figure 44 to match one of the arms. The other arms will be adjusted to match this distance.
6.Loosen the locking nut on the trowel arm lever, then turn the trowel arm adjusting bolt until it barely touches (.010") the fixture adjusting bolt.
7.Once the correct adjustment is made, tighten the lock nut on the trowel arm to lock in place.
8.Loosen locking nuts on the adjustment fixture, and remove trowel arm.
9.Repeat steps for the remaining trowel arms.
Re-Assembly
1.Clean and examine the upper/lower wear plates and thrust collar. Examine the entire spider assembly.Wire brush any concrete or rust
2.Make sure that the bronze trowel arm bushing is not damage or out of round. Clean the bushing if necessary. If the bronze bushing is damaged or worn, replace it.
3.Reinstall bronze bushing onto trowel arm.
4.Repeat steps 2
5.Make sure that the spring tensioner is in the correct position to exert tension on the trowel arm.
6.Insert all trowel arms with levers into spider plate (with bronze bushing already installed) using care to align grease hole on bronze bushing with grease hole fitting on spider plate.
7.Lock trowel arms in place by tightening the hex head bolt with zerk grease fitting and jam nut.
8.
9.Install stabilizer ring onto spider assembly.
10.Lubricate all grease points (zerk fittings) with premium "Lithum 12" based grease, conforming to NLG1 Grade #2 consistency.
Installing Pans Onto Finisher Blades
These round discs sometimes referred to as "pans" attach to the spiders arms and allow early floating on wet concrete and easy movement from wet to dry areas. They are also very effective in embedding large aggregates and surface hardeners.
WARNING
Lifting/Crush Hazard.DO NOT lift trowel with pans attached.
WARNING
ALWAYS install pans either on the work area or on an area that is next to and level with the work area. DO NOT lift the trowel when the pans are attached.
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