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No. 700 Portable Power Drive
Troubleshooting
WARNING: Always unplug power cord before servicing Power Drive.
Power Drive unplugged
Fuse blown
Brushes do not touch armature
Overload because of dull dies
Bad quality or insufficient thread cutting oil
Bad contact between brushes and brush holder
Brushes do not touch commutator properly
Brushes of different manufacture
Sharp edge on brush
Dull or broken dies
Machine running in wrong direction
Improperly set dies
Dull dies
Dies not assembled in correct sequence
Low quality pipe
Bad quality or insufficient thread cutting oil
Support arm feedscrew not tight
Support arm jaws dirty
Support arm not square on pipe
Burr has occurred at the spline end of the die head
Plug into power source
Install new fuse
Check brushes, replace if worn
Replace dies
Use RIDGID thread cutting oil in adequate
quantity
Tighten the screws, make sure brush is pressed
firmly onto commutator
Replace worn brushes
Only use original brushes
Break edge
Replace dies
Check setting of the direction switch
Reset dies
Replace dies
Put dies in correct sequence
Make sure only pipe of good quality is used
Use only RIDGID thread cutting oil in adequate
quantity
Tighten feedscrew
Clean with wire brush
Make sure sits square on pipe
Eliminate burr with file
PROBLEM CAUSE CORRECTION
Motor does not start
Motor sounds
overloaded
Sparks forming at motor
Die head does not start
threading
Damaged Thread
Support arm turns while
threading
Die heads cannot be
changed properly