User Manual

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Installing the shear blades
1. Prepare the crank, undercover, and new shear
blades.
Fig.14: 1. Crank 2. Undercover 3. Shear blades
2. Remove the blade cover from the old shear
blades, and then attach it to the new ones.
Fig.15: 1. Blade cover
3. 
the alignment line.
Fig.16: 1. Alignment line
4. 
of the crank. Attach the crank to the pins with the small
and large rounds facing up.
Fig.17: 1. Crank
5. 
in the guide plate and the two protrusions on the blades
are lined up.
Fig.18: 1. Guide plate
6. Turn the shear blades upside down and install



Fig.19: 1. Guide plate
NOTE:
it easier to install the shear blades.
7. Place the undercover so that on the under-
cover is aligned with on the lock lever.
Fig.20: 1. Undercover 2. Lock lever
8. While pressing the undercover, turn the under-
cover clockwise until
on the undercover is aligned
with on the lock lever.
Fig.21: 1. Undercover 2. Lock lever
9. 
the undercover.
Fig.22: 1. Lock lever
CAUTION: Never use the tool without install-
ing the undercover.
10. Remove the blade cover, and then turn on the tool

NOTICE: If the shear blades do not operate prop-
erly, the blades are not engaging the crank prop-
erly. Remove the blades and install them again.
Installing or removing shear blades
for hedge trimmer
CAUTION: Attach the blade cover before
removing or installing the shear blades.
NOTICE: If the parts other than the shear blades
such as the crank are worn out, ask Makita
Authorized Service Centers for parts replacement
or repairs.
Removing the shear blades
1. Place the tool upside down.
Fig.23
2. While pressing the lock lever, turn the undercover
counterclockwise until
on the undercover is aligned
with on the lock lever.
Fig.24: 1. Lock lever 2. Undercover
3. Remove the undercover.
Fig.25: 1. Undercover
4. Loosen two screws with a screwdriver and remove
the shear blades.
Fig.26: 1. Screws
NOTE: The shear blades can be removed without
removing the screws.
5. Remove the crank from the shear blades.
Fig.27: 1. Crank
NOTE:
NOTE: Attach the blade cover and the storage case
to the removed shear blades, and then store the
blades.
Installing shear blades
1. Prepare the crank, undercover, and new shear
blades.
Fig.28: 1. Crank 2. Undercover 3. Shear blades
2. Attach the blade cover to the shear blades.
Fig.29: 1. Blade cover
3. 
the alignment line.
Fig.30: 1. Alignment line
4. 
the crank. Attach the crank to the pins with its small and
large rounds facing down.
Fig.31: 1. Crank
5. Slide the shear blades so that the hole on the
guide plate is positioned at the center of the rings of
blades.
Fig.32: 1. Guide plate
6. Turn the shear blades upside down and install

shear blades. Insert the claw of the guide plate into the
groove on the tool. Make sure that the shear blades are

Fig.33: 1. Claw 2. Guide plate
NOTE:
it easier to install the shear blades.
7. 
Fig.34: 1. Screws
8. Place the undercover so that
on the under-
cover is aligned with on the lock lever.
Fig.35: 1. Lock lever 2. Undercover