Created: 07/04
Revised: 08/14
BARTELL MORRISON INC. BARTELL MORRISON (USA) LLC
375 ANNAGEM BLVD, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA, L5T 3A7, 905-364-4200 FAX 905-364-4201
200 COMMERCE DRIVE, FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY, USA, 07728 732-566-5400 FAX 732 -566-5444
EDGER TROWEL INSTRUCTION MANUAL
BARTELL MORRISON INC.
BARTELL MORRISON (USA) LLC
375 ANNAGEM BLVD, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA, L5T 3A7, 905-364-4200 FAX 905-364-4201
25 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, KEYPORT, NEW JERSEY, USA, 07735, 732-566-5400 FAX 732-566-5444
Created: 07/04
Revised: 06/12
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TROUBLESHOOTING
WON’T START
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Throttle fully open
¥
Hand lever wire broken
¥
No gas
¥
Dirty gas
¥
No oil
¥
Gas filter plugged
¥
Gas line plugged
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Hole in gas line
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Gas supply valve turned off
¥
Dead-man safety switch is off
¥
Safety switch wire or connectors not making
good contact
¥
Other engine problems (Refer to engine manual)
STARTS BUT NO HIGH SPEED
¥
Engine problems
¥
Throttle cable broken or seized
¥
Throttle lever and connectors loose or out of
adjustment
¥
Clutch shoes worn
STARTS AT HIGH SPEED, WON’T SLOW DOWN
¥
Same as above
ENGINE WON’T STOP
¥
Safety switch, wire or connectors not making
good contact
¥
Micro-switch burnt out
ENGINE STARTS BUT WON’T TURN TROWELS AT
ANY SPEED
¥
Clutch seized
¥
No weights or broken clutch
¥
Wrong belt
¥
Broken or missing key
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Clutch
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Pulley
−
Worm gear (countershaft)
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Main gear
−
Spider plate
¥
Gearbox seized
TROWELS TURN, ENGINE AT IDLE
¥
Idle too fast
¥
Belt too tight
¥
Clutch seized
¥
Pulley out of alignment
TROWELS BLADES WEARING UNEVENLY
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Spider plate seized
¥
Arms bent
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Adjusting screws (carriage bolts) incorrectly set
¥
Floating disc not evenly attached to the blades
MACHINE JUMPS ON FLOOR
¥
Concrete hardened on bottom of spider plate
¥
Trowels unevenly worn/bent
¥
Spider plate seized
¥
Spider plate loose
¥
Trowel arms bent
¥
Adjusting screws (carriage bolts) incorrectly set
¥
Mainshaft bent
PITCH CONTROLS WILL NOT OPERATE BLADES
¥
Cable broken or out of adjustment
¥
Pressure plate assembly contaminated with
concrete debris
¥
Slot screw missing (under-side of handle)
¥
Spider plate seized
¥
Pressure plate and/or yoke arm broken or badly
worn
¥
Hand crank adjuster malfunctioning
BELT WEARING RAPIDLY
¥
Belt is too tight
¥
Pulley out of alignment
¥
Wrong belt/defective belt
¥
Clutch sticking
¥
Gearbox seizing
OIL LEAKS
a) Top of gearbox
¥
Gearbox seal warn
¥
Engine leaks
¥
Too much oil in gearbox
b) At mainshaft or countershaft
¥
Shaft and/or seal worn
¥
Retaining screw(s) loose
TROWEL BLADES WILL NOT TURN
¥
Yoke arm broken
¥
Key sheared
¥
Gearbox malfunction
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