Craftsman 315.22811 Throatplatebladeguard To Remove the Blade, Innerandouterbladewasher

B. SETTINGS AND ADJUSTMENTS

THROATPLATEBLADEGUARD

TO REMOVE THE BLADE

Use the two wrenches supplied with the saw for this procedure

_l, WARNING: Unplug your saw and make sure the blade guard assembly is installed and

working properly to avoid serious personal injury.

•Raise the blade guard. See figure 27, overview of saw

•Remove the three screws from the throat plate and lift the throat plate out of the slot.

•Push the bevel locking lever to the left for elevation mode.

•Raise the blade to its full height by turning the blade adjusting handle clockwise.

•Place the open end of the small hex wrench into the slot beside the blade. The wrench will fit over two flats on the arbor (blade shaft). See Figure 28.

•Fit the large hex wrench onto the arbor nut. Turn clockwise and remove the nut, taking care not to drag your knuckles across the blade.

Note: The arbor nut has left-hand threads.

•Remove the outer blade washer from the arbor and then remove the blade. Make sure that inner blade

washer and both spacers are tight against arbor shoulder.

•Replace with a new blade. Make sure the blade teeth are pointing forward, toward incoming work.

•Put the outer blade washer and arbor nut back on,

aligning with the flats on the arbor. _ghten the nut with a counterclockwise turn.

Note: Use care not to cross thread arbor nut. Do not overtighten.

•Rotate the blade by hand to make sure it is turning freely.

•Check the riving knife and adjust if needed (See next procedure).

•Insert the throat plate, lower the blade, then secure the throat plate with the three throat plate screws. Tighten the screws firmly.

•Push bevel locking lever to the left to allow blade elevation and lowering.

BEVELBLADE

LOCKING LEVER ADJUSTING HANDLE

Figure 27

NOTE:PLACEBLADEBETWEEN

INNERANDOUTERBLADEWASHER

LARGE SMALL HEX

WRENCH

RENCH

LARGESPACER

TO

LOOSEN

ARBOR

\		_INNER
		BLADEWASHER
		OUTER
_h	BLADEWASHER
ARBORNUT	,TO
	TIGHTEN	Figure 28

TO ANGLEBLADE, TOLOWERBLADE,PUSHBEVEL PUSHBEVELLOCKING LOCKINGLEVERLIFTAND

LEVERRIGHT,ROTATEBLADEADJUSTING HANDLECOUNTERCLOCKWISE

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TO RAISE BLADE, PUSH BEVEL

LOCKING LEVER LEFT AND TO LOCK BLADE ANGLE,

ROTATE BLADE ADJUSTING PUSH BEVEL LOCKING

HANDLE CLOCKWISE LEVER LEFT Figure 29

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