the shaft of the drum assembly into the gear box. Align the tangs of the drum and gear box assembly and fully engage (Figure 12).
WARNING Use proper lifting technique – lift with your legs, not your back!!
Figure 12 – Installing Drum Assembly Into Gear Box
3.Attach autofeed by sliding the assembly onto the cable. Slide assembly onto front support and tighten the two
Installing Extra Drum (Additional Cable)
The operator may wish to carry a second drum with cable for runs greater than 100′.
1.Set the kickstand to keep machine from moving.
2.Disconnect the original cable from the pigtail sec- tion. Secure the initial cable to keep it from falling into the drain.
3.Remove the autofeed assembly as described in Steps 2 – 3 of Drum Assembly Removal section.
4.Remove the drum assembly described in Step 4 of Drum Assembly Removal section.
5.Place second drum assembly onto the machine by following instructions in Step 2 of Drum Assembly Installation section.
6.Attach autofeed by sliding the assembly onto the cable. Slide assembly onto front support and tighten the two
7.Attach the cable from the extra drum to the cable in the drain.
NOTE! Be sure all cable and cutter is spinning in drain before feeding in more cable.
Pigtail Removal and Installation
1.Set the kickstand.
2.Remove all cable from the drum except the pigtail.
3.Remove the autofeed assembly and main drum.
4.Remove the outer retaining clip from the guide tube shaft (Figure 13). Slide bearing off the shaft.
Figure 13 – Remove Retaining Ring and Inner Drum
5.Remove retaining ring holding inner drum in place and remove inner drum.
6.Remove the bolt anchoring the pigtail. It is located on the back of the drum (Figure 14).
Figure 14 – Removing Pigtail Anchoring Bolt
7.Remove the pigtail from the guide tube and drum and insert new pigtail into the drum.
8.Align hole in pigtail with the hole in the back of the
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