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Belt Replacement
Refer to Figure 17 when installing or replacing the
the feed-roller (A) or cutterhead drive (D) belts.
Disconnect machine from power
source before making any adjustments. Failure
to comply may cause serious injury.
Feed-roller Belt Replacement
Cutterhead knives are
dangerously sharp. Use extreme caution when
replacing any belt. Contact with cutterhead
knives will cause serious injury.
1. Remove the front panel. This is the panel where
the Start/Stop switch is located.
2. Remove feed-roller belt (A) from pulley (B) while
manually rotating pulley (C).
When this is accomplished, belt will fall away
from pulley (C).
3. Loop the new belt around pulley (C), then
around pulley (B) while manually rotating pulley
(C).
4. When installed, continue to manually rotate
pulley (C) and verify that belt is properly seated
on both pulleys.
5. Replace front cover.
Cutterhead Drive Belt Replacement
Cutterhead knives are
dangerously sharp. Use extreme caution when
replacing any belt. Contact with cutterhead
knives will cause serious injury.
The cutterhead drive belt should seldom if ever,
require replacement. Follow the procedure below if,
however, the belt should require replacement.
1. Remove the feed-roller belt as described in
Feed-roller Belt Replacement above.
2. Remove the bottom portion of the cutterhead
drive belt (D) from pulley (E) while manually
rotating pulley (F).
Use extreme caution to avoid
contact with cutterhead knives while performing
this step. Contact with cutterhead knives will
cause serious injury.
3. Remove top portion of belt (D) from pulley F,
then work it under the chain and past pulley B to
remove completely.
Figure 17
4. Install new belt by first feeding the lower loop
downward behind the gear (H) and pulley (C). This
will properly position the lower loop of the belt in
close proximity to pulley (E).
5. Slide the top loop of the belt around and past pulley
(B), sliding it underneath and past chain (G); then
loop around pulley (F).
6. Loop belt around pulley (E) while manually rotating
pulley (F).
Use extreme caution to avoid
contact with cutterhead knives while performing this
step. Contact with cutterhead knives will cause
serious injury.
7. Manually rotate pulley (F) to verify that the grooves
in the belt are properly meshed with the grooves on
both pulleys.
This completes the cutterhead drive belt installation.
8. Replace the feed-roller belt (Feed-roller Belt
Replacement section steps 3–5).