ADJUSTMENTS
UNPLUG the power cord when making any adjust- ments on this machine! Otherwise, serious per- sonal injury to you or oth- ers may occur!
Belt Tracking
The belt tracking must be adjusted correctly to make the belt ride parallel with the table.
To adjust the belt tracking, do these steps:
1.UNPLUG THE SANDER!
2.Make sure all guards are in place and the belt locking lever is in the locked position as shown in Figure 7.
3.Loosen the knurled adjustment nut away from the roller pin, shown in Figure 8.
4.Check the current belt position and note if it needs to go up or down. Figure 9 shows a properly tracked belt with 1⁄16" of roller exposed on the top and bottom.
5.Adjust the tension bolt clockwise to make the belt ride up, and adjust
6.Plug in the sander.
7.Start the sander and observe the corrected belt tracking.
8.Stop the sander and repeat steps
9.Finger tighten the adjustment nut against the roller pin when the belt is riding cor- rectly around the rollers.
Locking Lever
Figure 7. Belt locking lever.
Adjustment Nut
Tension Bolt
Roller Pin
Figure 8. Tracking adjustment system.
1⁄16"
