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Installing and Removing Blades from the Quik-
Lok
®
Blade Clamp
Remove battery pack before changing blades.
Make sure the spindle and blade clamp areas are
clean. Metal chips and sawdust may prevent the
Quik-Lok
®
Blade Clamp from clamping securely.
1. Depending on the job, the blade may be inserted
with the teeth facing up or down. To
install
a
blade, slide the release lever up. Insert the blade
into the clamp until the tang butts against the
collar.
Fig. 1
2. Release the lever and the spring loaded mecha-
nism will clamp the blade firmly in place.
3. Tug on blade to make sure it is securely locked
in place.
4. To
remove
a blade, slide the release lever up
and pull the blade from the tool. Be careful when
handling hot blades.
Quik-Lok
®
Blade Clamp Maintenance
• Periodically clean dust and debris from the Quik-
Lok
®
Blade Clamp with dry compressed air.
• If the collar resists, slide the release lever back
and forth to shake debris loose.
• Periodically lubricate Quik-Lok
®
Blade Clamp with
a dry lubricant such as graphite.
Removing broken blades from the Quik-Lok
®
Blade Clamp
Broken blades can be removed by the following
methods.
• Remove battery pack before removing blades.
• Point the tool downward, slide up and hold the
release lever, and shake the tool up and down
(
do noT
turn the tool on while your fingers are
holding the blade clamp open). The shank of the
broken blade should drop out of the clamp.
• If shaking the tool doesn't work...
In most cases, a corner of the broken blade will
extend beyond the blade clamp. Slide up and hold
the release lever, and pull the broken blade out of
the clamp by this corner.
• If the broken stub doesn't extend far enough to be
grabbed by its corner, use a thin blade with small
teeth (such as a metal cutting blade) to hook the
blade that is jammed in the clamp while holding
up the release lever, and pull it out.
Stroke
Stroke
Fig. 2
1
2
Warning
To reduce the risk of injury,
blades must extend beyond the shoe and
workpiece throughout the stroke. Blades
may shatter if they impact the workpiece or
shoe. (Fig. 2)
The shoe can be adjusted forward or backward to
eight positions to take advantage of the unused
portion of the blade or for special jobs requiring
low blade clearance.
1. To adjust the shoe, rotate
the shoe release lever
toward the front of the
tool and slide the shoe
forward or backward to
the desired position.
2. To lock the shoe in posi-
tion, push the shoe re-
lease lever up.
3. After adjusting the shoe, slowly pull the trigger to
be sure the blade always extends beyond the shoe
and your workpiece throughout the stroke.
DO NOT OPERATE SAWZALL
®
WITHOUT SHOE.
STRIKING THE SPINDLE AGAINST WORKPIECE
MAY DAMAGE THE TOOL.
Adjusting the Pivot Shoe
