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Mounting Non-Hubbed Wheels (Fig. H)
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WARNING: Failure to properly seat the flange/ clamp
nut/ wheel could result in serious injury (or damage to
the tool or wheel).”
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CAUTION: Included flanges must be used with
depressed center Type 27 grinding wheels and
Type1/41 and Type 27/42 cutting wheels. See the
Accessories Chart for more information.
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WARNING: A closed, two-sided cutting wheel guard
is re quired when using cutting wheels.
Cutting wheels include diamond wheels and abrasive
discs. Abrasive cutting wheels for metal and concrete
use are available. Diamond blades for concrete
cutting can also be used.
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CAUTION: Included flanges must be used with
all non-hubbed accessories except conventional
sandingdiscs.
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WARNING: Use of a damaged flange or guard or fail-
ure to use proper flange and guard can re sult in injury
due to wheel breakage and wheel contact. See the
Accessories Chart for more information.
1. Install the unthreaded backing flange
7
on spindle
4
with the raised section (pilot) facing the wheel as
shown.
2. Place wheel against the backing flange, centering the
wheel on the raised section (pilot) of the backing flange.
3. While depressing the spindle lock button and with the
hex depressions facing away from the wheel, thread the
locking flange
8
on spindle so that the lugs engage the
two slots in the spindle.
4. While depressing the spindle lock button, tighten the
locking flange with a wrench.
5. To remove the wheel, depress the spindle lock button
and loosen the threaded locking flange with a wrench.
Fig. H
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Mounting Sanding Backing Pads
(Fig. A, I)
NOTE: Use of a guard with sanding discs that use backing
pads, often called fiber resin discs, is not required. Since a
guard is not required for these accessories, the guard may or
may not fit correctly if used.
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WARNING: Failure to properly seat the flange/ clamp
nut/ wheel could result in serious injury (or damage to
the tool or wheel).”
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WARNING: Proper guard must be reinstalled for
grinding wheel, cutting wheel, sanding flap disc,
wire brush or wire wheel applications after sanding
applications are complete.
1. Remove the inner flange.
2. Place or appropriately thread backing pad
18
on
thespindle.
3. Place the sanding disc
19
on the backing pad
18
.
4. While depressing spindle lock
3
, thread clamp nut
20
on spindle, piloting the raised hub on the clamp nut
into the center of san ding disc and backingpad.
Fig. I
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5. Tighten the clamp nut by hand. Then depress the
spindle lock button while turning the sanding disc until
the sanding disc and clamp nut are snug.
6. To remove the wheel, grasp and turn the backing pad
and sanding pad while depressing the spindle lock
button.
Mounting and Removing Hubbed
Wheels (Fig. J)
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WARNING: Failure to properly seat the flange/ clamp
nut/ wheel could result in serious injury (or damage to
the tool or wheel).”
Hubbed wheels install directly on the 5/8"-11 threaded
spindle. Thread of accessory must match thread of spindle.
1. Remove backing flange by pulling away from tool.
2. Thread the wheel on the spindle
4
by hand.
3. Depress the spindle lock button
3
and use a wrench to
tighten the hub of the wheel.
4. Reverse the above procedure to remove the wheel.
Fig. J
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NOTICE: Failure to properly seat the wheel before turning the
tool on may result in damage to the tool or the wheel.