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LOCKING
ARM
DEPTH
ADJUSTMENT
RING
OPERATION
WARNING:
Never connect the router to power supply when you
are assembling parts, making adjustments, installing
or removing cutters, or when not in use. Disconnect-
ing the router prevents accidental starting that could
cause serious injury.
REMOVING AND INSTALLING THE ROUTER BASE
TO SWITCH FROM THE FIXED BASE OR D-HANDLE
BASE TO THE PLUNGE BASE
See Figure 4.
TO REMOVE THE FIXED OR D-HANDLE BASE:
1. Unplug the router.
WARNING:
Failure to unplug the tool could result in accidental
starting causing serious injury.
2. Place the router upside down with the Ryobi label
away from you.
3. Loosen the locking arm on the base.
4. Depress and hold the gold spindle lock button. The
gold spindle lock button will not depress fully unless it
is in line with the hole in the collet.
5. If the gold spindle lock button does not depress fully, turn the
collet nut while depressing the gold spindle lock button. As
they align, the gold spindle lock button will depress fully.
6. Turn the depth adjusting ring counterclockwise until
the motor is to its highest position. NOTE: As the motor
is rising, the gold spindle lock button has to be de-
pressed until it clears the rear window.
7. Align the indicator arrow on the depth adjustment ring
with the indicator point on the base.
8. Pull the base until it dislodges from the motor housing.
TO INSTALL THE PLUNGE BASE
1. Unplug the router.
2. Place the plunge base on a flat surface.
3. Loosen the locking knob.
4. Align the groove in the motor housing with the rib
inside the base. NOTE: The rib is located on the inside
of the base in line with the handle.
5. Depress and hold the gold spindle lock button.
6. Slide the motor housing into the base.
7. Tighten the locking knob.
CAUTION:
Do not tighten the locking knob without the motor in-
stalled in the base. Failure to heed this caution may
result in permanent damage to the locking mechanism.
Fig. 4
GOLD
SPINDLE
LOCK
BUTTON
Fig. 5
RIB INSIDE THE BASE
GROOVE IN
MOTOR
HOUSING
1
2
0
15/32
1/32
INDICATOR
POINT
INDICATOR
ARROW
DEPTH
ADJUSTMENT
RING