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Copyright 3/20
Bandit
MODEL 1425
REPLACING CUTTERBODIES
Whenever servicing the cutterhead area, ALWAYS
look for cracked welds and / or excessive wear on the
support arms. Cracks and worn support arms could
cause a cutterbody to come off the cutterhead. This
will cause major damage to your machine.
ALWAYS use Bandit replacement parts. Failure to
do so may cause major damage to your machine.
1. Follow all pre-maintenance shut down
procedures.
2. Unplug the cutterhead hood door engine disable
plug.
3. Remove the hood pin padlock and pull the hood
pin out.
4. Open the cutterhead hood.
5. Very carefully, manually with a pry bar or wood
bar turn the cutterhead to the cutterbody that
needs replaced.
6. Block the cutterhead so that it will not turn on you
when working on the cutterbodies.
7. Remove the bolts and nuts that attach the
cutterbody to the support arms, this will allow
the cutterbody to be taken out of the cutterhead.
8. Remove all the debris from between the
support arms before installing a new cutterbody.
Debris will reduce the clamping affect on the
cutterbodies, also check the bolt holes in
the support arms to make sure they are not
elongated.
9. Insert the new cutterbody into the support arms.
Use only bolts supplied by Bandit to put back
together. Failure to do so, may cause premature
failure to the cutterbodies and will cause damage
to your machine.
10. Tighten the cutterbody bolts and nuts to 700
ft.-lbs. (949 Nm).
WARNING
!
NOTICE
DANGER
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MAINTENANCE
Before attempting any type of maintenance,
disengage clutch, wait for the cutterhead to come to
a complete stop, turn off engine, remove the ignition
key, make sure the ignition key is in your possession,
wait 2 minutes and then disconnect the battery.
CUTTERBODY REPLACEMENT
11. If the cutterbody does not have a cutter tooth
and raker installed, see page 33 for installation
instructions.
12. Remove the block from the cutterhead that was
keeping the cutterhead from turning.
13. Repeat steps 5 through 12 for each cutterbody
that needs to be replaced.
14. Very carefully, manually with a pry bar or wood
bar turn the cutterhead a full revolution. This is to
ensure the cutter teeth have proper clearance. If
the cutterhead is jammed with debris or frozen in
place, DO NOT attempt to start the engine and
engage the clutch until the cutterhead rotates
freely.
15. Close the cutterhead hood, reinsert the hood pin,
and padlock the hood pin.
16. Reconnect the cutterhead hood door engine
disable plug and the battery.
17. See page 36 for instructions on checking and
adjusting the anvil.
18. After the engine is started, engage the clutch
and let the cutterhead turn at the lowest RPM’s
possible. Listen for any type of noise that is
foreign. Any steel on steel noise is foreign. If
you hear a noise, follow all pre- maintenance
shut down procedures, find the problem and fix it.
