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SL-8 Drum Removal & Reinstallation!
One of the advantages of your SL-
8 sander is the soft rubber drum. It’s more forgiving than a
hard rubber surface so your customers can achieve better results and it is easy to maintain!
Essex Silver-Line Corporation suggests you change the rubber on you SL -8 drum every two to three
years. The rubber wears down as the machine is rented and used.
You can remove the drum and send it to us in our Dracut, MA plant for recovery or simply call us for
a drum exchange. We send a reconditioned drum to you and send y ours back to us for recovery.
Removal & Reinstallation Instructions:
1) Unplug the machine from power.
2) Remove the Pulley belt cover screw (#85)
3) Remove the Pulley Belt Cover (#84)
4) Remove the Drum Belt (#101)
5) Lean the machine back onto its handle.
Be careful to hold the motor
so it does not slam back
into the handle. The belt that holds it forward has been removed.
6) Using a ¼” socket wrench remove the four (4) bolts (#83) holding the two Drum Bear Caps in
place (#s 81 & 82).
7) Remove the Drum Bear Caps (#s 81 & 82).
8) Remove the drum unit.
9) Reinstall the refurbish or recovered drum assembly. Line up the boots with the chassis and push
in the assembly.
10) Reinstall the Drum Bear Caps.
11) Reinstall the Drum Bear Cap Screws.
12) Lean the machine back down to its upright position, be careful of the motor again!
13) Reinstall the belt and adjust the belt tension using the motor adjusting screw (#88).
14) Level the drum and reinstall the belt cover and belt cover screw.
Leveling/Adjusting the Cut on the SL-8
Remove the belt guard to expose the wheel level disc.
Test the cut:
Install a piece of fine paper on the drum; lower the drum onto a flat surface making a cut.
The cut should be 8” across in an even fashion. If it is not, you need to loosen the nut on the axle
and rotate the wheel level disc to one side. Gradually move the disc towards to the other end of
the slot, testing the cut as you move the disc. Continue till you make an even 8” cut.
When the machine makes th e proper cut, tighten the nut and reinstall the belt guard.
