OPERATION

ADJUSTING THE AUXILIARY HANDLE ASSEMBLY

See Figure 7.

Follow these steps to adjust the auxiliary handle assembly.

TO

TIGHTEN

￿ Loosen the auxiliary handle assembly by turning the knob counterclockwise.

￿Rotate the auxiliary handle assembly to the desired location.

￿Tighten the auxiliary handle assembly securely by

turning the knob clockwise.

ADJUSTING DRILLING MODE

See Figure 8.

To adjust for type of drilling, slide adjustment button on top of motor housing hammer mode or drilling mode. For your convenience a hammer symbol and drill bit symbol have been molded into adjustment button.

WARNING:

Your hammer drill has not been designed for reverse hammering.

We recommend that you use carbide-tipped bits and select hammer mode when drilling in hard materials such as brick, tile, concrete, etc.

We recommend that you select normal drill mode when drilling with twist drills, hole saws, etc., in soft material.

Pulse mode is activated when rear dial on top of drill is turned to the circle icon and can be used at any RPM (high or low speed). Numbers 1 through 6 on the same dial are the torque settings.

TO

LOOSEN

 

AUXILIARY HANDLE

 

 

ASSEMBLY

Fig. 7

 

 

HAMMER MODE

PULSE MODE

 

TO INCREASE

TORQUE TO DECREASE TORQUE

VARIABLE

TORQUE DIAL

ADJUSTING THE DEPTH GAUGE ROD

See Figure 9.

Follow these steps to adjust the depth gauge rod.

 

VARIABLE SPEED

 

DRILLING MODE

DIAL

Fig. 8

 

DEPTH GAUGE

in the center position.

TO INCREASE

ROD

￿ Loosen the auxiliary handle assembly by turning the

knob counterclockwise.

￿ Adjust the depth gauge rod so that the drill bit extends

beyond the end of the rod to the required drilling

depth.

￿ Tighten the auxiliary handle assembly by turning the

knob clockwise.

TO DECREASE DRILLING DEPTH

DRILLING DEPTH

DRILLING

DEPTH

AUXILIARY

HANDLE

ASSEMBLY

DRILL BIT

Fig. 9

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RIDGID R5010 manual Adjusting the Depth Gauge ROD, Follow these steps to adjust the auxiliary handle assembly