PBK 4 A1
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10
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GB
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IE
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NI
Before use
CAUTION!
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Always wear non-slip footwear and appropriate safety clothing
such as protective gloves, a hard hat, a protective mask and safety
goggles as well as hearing protection.
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Check the area in which the appliance is to be used and remove any
objects that may be caught and slung away.
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Before use and after dropping or other impacts, always visually in-
spect the appliance to check whether the cutting tool, mounting bolts
and the entire cutting unit are damaged. Worn or damaged cutting
tools and mounting bolts must be replaced.
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Always carry out a visual inspection before use to check whether the
cutting tools are worn or damaged. To prevent imbalance, worn or
damaged cutting tools and mounting bolts should be replaced only
as complete sets.
Attaching the round handle
♦
Start by fitting the rubber ring
5a
on the boom .
♦
Attach the barrier bar onto the rubber ring
5a
from below, as
shown in the diagram.
♦
The pin
5
b
of the barrier bar must be pushed into one of the two
holes on the boom to lock into place.
♦
Push the round handle onto the rubber ring
5a
provided on the
boom .
♦
Insert the 4 mounting bolts from above through the round handle
and fix them onto the barrier bar with the 4 nuts.
♦
Tighten the screws .
Assembling the quick release mechanism
♦
Hook in the carabiner and secure it with the red strap on the quick
release mechanism (see figures). Pull on the red strap if you have to
put down the appliance quickly.
♦
Fixing/attaching the carrying harness
♦
Hook the carrying harness
into the carrying lug .
♦
Adjust the length of the carrying harness
to your size so that the
carrying lug is at hip height when the strap is hooked in place.
Assembling the hedge trimmer
♦
Start by undoing the screw grip on the boom of the engine unit.
♦
Push the pin on the front boom of the
hedge trimmer into the groove on the engine
unit boom as far as the stop. Once it is
correctly inserted, the red line must match
up with the one on the engine unit boom.
♦
Tighten the screw grip .
NOTE
►
Assembly of the pole pruner/strimmer/3-section cutting blade/
extension attachment is carried out in the same order.
Removing the hedge trimmer
♦
Undo the screw grip and pull the front boom of the hedge trimmer
out of the engine unit boom .
NOTE
►
Removal of the pole pruner/strimmer/3-section cutting blade/
extension attachment is carried out in the same order.
Swivelling the hedge trimmer
♦
Release the lock/release .
♦
Press the control lever and swivel the hedge trimmer into the desired
position.
♦
Allow the control lever to click into the recess in the base plate
(hedge trimmer) .
Mounting the saw chain and blade
WARNING!
►
Wear protective gloves! There is a danger of injury from the sharp
cutting teeth!
NOTE
►
Pay close attention to the running direction of the saw chain on
the blade and at the base plate (hedge trimmer)
.
►
Depending on wear, the blade can be turned.
♦
Undo the nut using the open-ended spanner
.
♦
Remove the sprocket cover .
♦
Lay the saw chain over the blade starting at the tip.
♦
Now fit the blade and saw chain .
♦
Lay the guide rail over the blade guide , while inserting the chain
tensioner pin in the blade hole . At the same time, lay the saw
chain over the chain sprocket .
♦
Now you can tighten the saw chain (see section
"Tightening and
checking the saw chain"
).
♦
Replace the sprocket cover and tighten the nut gently.
Removing the saw chain
♦
You may have to loosen the saw chain to remove the blade
and the saw chain (see section
"Tightening and checking the saw
chain"
). Follow these instructions in reverse order.
