Ging the Wire Drive Ratio

A-5	INSTALLATION			A-5
CHAN	GING THE WIRE DRIVE RATIO	5.	Remove the small gear from the output shaft.
	WARNING		Lightly cover the output shaft with engine oil or
			with flat washer, lock washer, and Phillips head
	ELECTRIC SHOCK can kill.		equivalent. Install gear onto output shaft and secure
			screw which were previously removed.
	• Turn off power to the power source	6. Tighten the screw on lower right face of feed plate.
	at the disconnect switch.	7. Re-attach feed plate to wire feeder if removed in
------------------------------------------------------------------------			Step 2.
Changing the ratio requires a gear change and a PC		8. Feed plate will be rotated out-of-position due to the
board switch change. The Power Feed Wire Feeders
are shipped with both high speed and a low speed			gear change. Adjust the angle of the feed plate per
gears.	As shipped from the factory, the low speed		Item 2.
(high torque) gear is installed on the feeder. For iden-		Set the High/Low switch code on Wire Drive PC board
tification purposes, the low speed (high torque) gear
has 20 teeth and is 1.1 inches in diameter. The high		which is located on the		Power Wave 455/R and
speed gear has 30 teeth and is 1.6 inches in diameter.		Power Wave 655/R. Consult the Instruction Manual
1. Pull open the Pressure Door.		for proper power source settings.

2. Remove the Phillips head screw retaining the pinion gear to be changed and remove the gear. If the gear is not easily accessible or difficult to remove, remove or adjust feed plate from the gearbox. To remove feed plate:

• Loosen the clamping collar screw using a 3/16" Allen wrench. The clamping collar screw is accessed from the bottom of the feed plate. It is the screw which is perpendicular to the feeding direction.

• Loosen the retaining screw, which is also accessed from bottom of feeder, using a 3/16" Allen wrench. Continue to loosen the screw until the feed plate can be easily pulled off of the wire feeder.

3. Loosen, but do not remove, the screw on the lower right face of the feed plate with a 3/16" Allen wrench.

4. Remove the screw on the left face of the feed plate. If changing from high speed (larger gear) to low speed (smaller gear), line the lower hole on the left face of the feed plate with the threads on the clamping collar. Line the upper hole with the threads to install larger gear for high speed feeder. If feed plate does not rotate to allow holes to line up, further loosen the screw on right face of feed plate.

POWER FEED 10 / R

INSTALLATION

ELECTRIC SHOCK can kill.

• Turn off power to the power source

at the disconnect switch.

Power Wave 455/R and