MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS
BLADE REPLACEMENT
WARNING: To avoid serious personal injury, be sure the unit is off and unplugged before cleaning or performing any maintenance on it.
WARNING: When servicing, use only identical Ryobi replacement parts. Use of any other parts may create a hazard or cause product damage.
WARNING: To prevent serious personal injury, wear gloves when handling, removing or installing the cutting blades. When handling blade assembly, do not place your hand or fingers between blades or in any position where they could get pinched or cut.
Disconnect hedge trimmer from power supply.
1.Remove blade cover screw (Fig. 10).
2.Remove blade cover: To remove, push blade cover forward and lift from hedge trimmer.
3.Remove blade screws (Fig. 11).
NOTE: A flat blade or # T20 Torx bit screwdriver. is required to remove blade screws.
4.Remove grease cover and blade assembly.
5.Make sure drive washer remains installed on drive pin (Fig. 11).
Blade Screws
Drive Washer
Fig. 11
6.Align slot in new blade assembly and grease cover with drive washer on gear assembly (Fig. 12).
7.After aligning, continue to hold blade assembly in place, then manually slide blade assembly back and forth until screw holes in grease cover align with screw holes in gear housing (Fig. 13).
WARNING: Blades are sharp. When manually sliding blade assembly, do not place your hand or fingers between blades or in any position where they could get pinched or cut.
Fig. 10
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