WARNING: Use caution when replacing the blades. Wear heavy gloves to avoid injury while handling the weld bolts, housing or the blades.
•When sharpening blades, follow the original angle of grind. Also, make sure to remove an equal amount from each blade and torque hardware to 250 - 300 in.lb.
NOTE: Make sure that blades are reassembled with the sharp edge facing upward.
Replacing the Belt
NOTE: Because the engine on this equipment has a tapered crankshaft, a special impeller removal tool (part number
•Disconnect the spark plug wire and ground it away from the spark plug.
•Drain the gasoline and oil from the chipper shredder vacuum.
•Remove the three wing nuts that secure the nozzle to the outer housing and remove the nozzle. Refer to Figure 2.
•Remove the vacuum bag from the unit.
•Remove the discharge chute as instructed in “Cleaning The Flail Screen.”
•Remove the plastic belt cover from front of the engine by removing two
•Tip the unit backward so that it rests on the handles.
•Remove the lower belt guard by removing the two
•Remove the safety switch from front of the outer housing by removing the two
Safety
Switch
Screw |
Lower
Belt Guard
Self-Tapping
Screws
Figure 14
•Remove the two hex bolts and hex lock nuts which extend through the housing. Lift the flail screen out of the housing. Refer to Figure 11.
•Remove the outer housing and housing blades by removing the fourteen
•Remove the hex bolt, lock washer, and flat washer that secures the impeller assembly to the crankshaft. See Figure 15.
Hex Bolt | Impeller | |
Lock Washer | ||
Assembly | ||
Flat Washer | ||
|
Inner
Housing
Housing
Blades
Figure 15
•Thread the special impeller tool into the crankshaft. Stop when the impeller assembly can move on the crankshaft.
•If the old belt is still on the unit, cut belt to remove from unit.
•Remove impeller assembly from the crankshaft and unthread the impeller tool from the impeller.
Hex Bolts
Hex Bolts
Figure 16
•Remove the inner housing and mounting adapter by removing the five hex bolts and two hex nuts. See Figure 16.
•Insert new belt between the frame and the transmission pulley. See Figure 17. (You may have to slightly pry the frame away from the pulley with a screwdriver for this.)
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