© Copyright 2011 Easthill Group, Inc.
Instruction part #13573Q Rev. 7/11
If you have any questions about the use of this product, please contact
The Eastwood Technical Assistance Service Department: 800.544.5118 >> email: [email protected]
The Eastwood Company 263 Shoemaker Road, Pottstown, PA 19464, USA
US and Canada: 800.345.1178 outside US: 610.718.8335
Fax: 610.323.6268 eastwood.com
TROUBLESHOOTING
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Motor will not start when switch is turned on:
° Check 120 VAC input plug connection.
° Check for binding of shielding, tool rests or guards against wheel.
•
Motor slows down while operating:
° Too much pressure being applied to the wheel. Reduce pressure.
° Check for binding of shielding, tool rests or guards against wheel.
•
Burned appearance on ground object:
° Too much pressure being applied to the wheel. Reduce pressure.
° Ground object being held too long against wheel. Grind several seconds on, wait several seconds, re-grind.
° Dip ground object into coolant.
• Wheel wearing rapidly:
° Too much pressure being applied to the wheel. Reduce pressure.
° Wheel too soft for material being ground, use harder wheel.
° Ground object being held too long against wheel. Grind several seconds on, wait several seconds, re-grind.
•
Wheel loading up with metal:
° Too much pressure being applied to the wheel. Reduce pressure.
° Wheel too hard for material being ground, use softer wheel.
° Ground object being held too long against wheel. Grind several seconds on, wait several seconds, re-grind.
° Too much heat in ground object. Dip into coolant.
REPLACING A WHEEL
Your grinder’s unique quick-release covers make wheel replacement a snap.
•
Make sure the grinder is
OFF
and
UNPLUGGED!
• Loosen the three Phillips head screws (don’t remove) and rotate the side plate of the wheel guard along the slots counter-clockwise (left side) or clockwise (right side)
until the holes clear the screw heads. (Fig D.) Set aside.
• Remove large retaining nut (Clockwise, reverse thread for the left side shaft and
Counter-clockwise standard thread for the right side shaft). (Fig D.)
• Remove Outer Flange Washer.
• Remove Grinding Wheel.
• Replace in reverse order of disassembly. Be aware that the left side shaft is reverse threaded.
NOTE:
Do not over-tighten the Grinding Wheel Retaining Nut. Cracking of the Grinding Wheel could
occur resulting in a dangerous condition.
FIG. D
Wheel
guard cover
Nut
Outer
fl ange
Grinding
wheel
Inner
fl ange
Screw
