Ryobi RLT-1004K, Owner'S Operating Manual

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45. Only use original spare parts.
46. Clean plastic parts with a damp cloth. Do not
use aggressive cleaning chemicals.
47. Never hose down the electric tool!
48. Store tool indoors in a dry, high or locked
place and always keep out of reach of children.
Important notice - so your guarantee does not
expire:
• Always keep the air-intake clean.
• Never press the cutting head on the ground,
when doing this you brake the turned-on
motor.
• Never hit the cutting head on a hard
underground, otherwise you will unbalance
and damage the motor shaft.
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Safety Instructions
Assembly
Modifying the brushcutter for operation
with nylon line
Mounting the protective cover for operation with
cutting disc (fig. 1 - 3)
1. Remove the 3 screws from the gear housing (fig.
1).
2. Then loosen the hexagon nut of the drive shaft;
take care: it has a left-handed thread. Loosen
it by turning it clockwise! Remove the disk and
holder from the shaft.
3. Put the protection cover on the gear housing
aligning the screw bores and fasten the cover
using the hexagon socket screws and washers.
Tighten the screws well.
Mounting the cutting disk (fig. 2, 4)
1. Slide the cutting disk holder onto the drive
shaft as far as it will go. Put the cutting disk on
the holder. Make sure that the cutting disk is
exactly centred on the holder. It must absolutely
not be in a tilted position. If the disk has been
positioned correctly screw on the nut by turning
it anti-clockwise.
2. Now block the gear by inserting the Allen key
laterally into the opening in the disk holder.
Make sure that the opening in the disk holder is
aligned with the opening in the gear housing.
3. With the gear being blocked, use a 19mm
spanner to firmly tighten the nut (applying a
torque of about 25 Nm).
4. Remove the 4 protection caps from the cutting
disk.
5. Keep the caps to regularly reuse them when
transporting or storing the tool.
6. The brushcutter has two-sided cutting surfaces
meaning that it may be turned around and used
further if one side has become blunt after a
longer period of use.
Mounting the handle (fig. 5,6)
1. Remove the 4 screws from the handle. Put the
handle holder onto the underside of the tube.
Make sure that the locking pin located in the
handle holder is seated in one of the 4 bores on
the shaft. The 4 bores serve to variably adjust
the handle to the operator’s individually desired
position.
2.Put the handle onto the holder (the holes must fit
exactly) and screw it to the handle holder using
the 4 screws and nuts.
How to Assemble the Shaft (fig. 7 - 9)
1. Keep the release button (2) pressed and put
the bottom shaft (6) into the shaft coupling (1)
until the release button clicks into place in the
opening (5) of the shaft coupling (fig. 7).
2. Turn the star grip screw (3) tight clockwise
before operating the tool (fig. 8).
Note: If the upper and bottom shaft
cannot be completely put together, turn
the cutting head manually back and
forth. The drive shafts inside of the shaft
are thus put into correct position and
thus the shaft coupling can click into
place properly.
The tool must never be operated without
this additional cover! Danger of injury!
How to Detach the Bottom Shaft (fig.7-9)
1. Unscrew the star grip screw (3) anticlockwise (fig.
8).
2. Press the release button (2) into it (fig. 9).
3. Pull the bottom shaft (6) straightly out of the
shaft coupling. (fig. 7).
Installing and putting on the shoulder strap ( fig.10)
1. Put the shoulder strap around your left shoulder.
2. Hook the snap hook into the holding device on
the shaft
3. Adjust the length of the strap to your height.
Mounting the protective cover (fig. 11)
■ For the operation of the brushcutter with nylon
line cutting head, it is mandatory to mount the
big lastic protective cover.