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Section 6 Adjustments
To reduce the risk of electric shock, fire, explosion, serious injury or death:
• Disconnect electric power to the tumbler before servicing.
• Close gas shut-off valve to gas tumbler before servicing.
• Close steam valve to steam tumbler before servicing.
• Never start the tumbler with any guards/panels removed.
• Whenever ground wires are removed during servicing, these ground wires must be
reconnected to ensure that the tumbler is properly grounded.
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69. CYLINDER BELT
NOTE: To find the proper tension, apply light
thumb pressure midway between cylinder sheave
and step pulley and adjust until the belt can be
depressed approximately 1/2 inch (13 mm).
a. Support drive guard cover and remove screws
that hold guard to rear of tumbler. Refer to
Figure 13.
b. Loosen the four jackshaft assembly attaching
c. Loosen adjusting nuts on outer eyebolt and
rotate bottom nut clockwise until proper
tension is reached. Refer to Figure 14.
d. Retighten all nuts and screws.
e. Readjust drive belt.
IMPORTANT: Adjusting the cylinder belt tension
WILL AFFECT the drive belt tension. You MUST
check and readjust the drive belt tension after
adjusting the cylinder belt tension.
CYLINDER CLEARANCE
The clearance between the cylinder rim and front
panel must be adjusted so the cylinder is centered
within the front panel opening when the cylinder
is fully loaded and is turning. However, the
adjustment should be made when the cylinder is
empty.
NOTE: If the cylinder is not properly adjusted, the
cylinder rim will rub against the front panel.
a. Open loading door.
b. Check the gap between the center of the front
panel top flange and the cylinder rim. Proper
adjustment is when the gap is 8/32 inch ± 3/32
inch. Refer to Figure 27. Perform steps d
through i to adjust the cylinder rim/front panel
flange clearance.
c. Check the cylinder fore/aft clearance between
the inside front of the cylinder and the edge of
the front panel flange. Proper adjustment is
when the gap is 9/32 inch ± 1/32 inch. Refer to
Figure 27. Perform steps j through n to adjust
the cylinder fore/aft clearance.
CYLINDER RIM/FRONT PANEL FLANGE
CLEARANCE ADJUSTMENT
a. Support corner drive guard and remove screws
holding corner guard to rear of tumbler.
b. Support drive guard cover and remove screws
holding guard to rear of tumbler.
c. Loosen rear bearing mounting screws. Refer to
d. Loosen the locknuts on rear adjustment screws.
e. Turn the adjusting screws in or out as necessary
to obtain proper clearance between cylinder rim
and front panel.
NOTE: Turning the adjusting screws clockwise will
raise the cylinder and turning them counter-
clockwise will lower the cylinder. Turn both screws
evenly to adjust top and bottom clearance. Turn one
or the other adjusting screw in or out to adjust side
clearance.
Figure 26
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JACKSHAFT
ASSEMBLY
JACKSHAFT
ASSEMBLY
ATTACHING
SCREWS
