Porter-Cable 7313 manual Assembly, Operating Instructions

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Assembly

REMOVING AND INSTALLING

SANDING BELTS

!WARNING To prevent personal injury, always disconnect the plug

from the power source before removing or installing the belt.

TO REMOVE BELT

1.Place sander upside down and move lever in direction of arrow to retract front pulley and release belt tension (Fig. 2).

2.With the sander upside down and the open side facing you, you can easily remove the belt.

TO INSTALL BELT

1.While the sander is still upside down with the front pulley retracted and locked, insert the new

belt around both pulleys and over the metal plate. If belt has directional marks, be sure the arrow on the inside of belt is pointing in the direction of rotation as indicated on housing.

2.Then push lever back to its original position to return tension to the belt.

ATTACHING AND REMOVING DUST BAG Your tool is equipped with a dust bag (Fig. 1). To install, slide the dust bag in direction of arrow. The dust bag can be emptied by removing the bag from the tool and opening the zipper on the lower side of the bag. For most efficient pick-up, empty bag frequently.

	DIRECTION	BELT TENSION
	OF TRAVEL
		RELEASE LEVER
		FRONT
FIG. 2
		PULLEY
		METAL
		PLATE
	REAR
	PULLEY

	Operating Instructions
TRIGGER SWITCH AND “LOCK-ON”
BUTTON	FIG. 3

Your tool can be turned “ON” or “OFF” by squeezing or releasing the trigger. Your tool is also equipped with “Lock-ON” button located just above the trigger that allows continuous operation without holding the trigger (Fig. 3).

TO LOCK SWITCH “ON”: Squeeze trigger, depress button and release trigger.

TO UNLOCK THE SWITCH: Squeeze trigger

and release it without depressing the “Lock-

ON” button.ON/OFF

TRIGGER

!If the “Lock-ON” button is WARNING continuously being depressed,

the trigger cannot be released.

“LOCK-ON”

BUTTON

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