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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Machine’s safety equipment
This section describes the machine’s safety
equipment, its purpose, and how checks and
maintenance should be carried out to ensure
that it operates correctly. See the “Know your
trimmer ” section to locate where this equip-
ment is positioned on your machine.
The life span of the machine can be reduced
and the risk of accidents can increase if
machine maintenance is not carried out
correctly and if service and/or repairs are not
carried out professionally. If you need further
information please contact your nearest ser-
vicing dealer.
WARNING:
Never use a machine
with faulty safety equipment. The
machine’s safety equipment must
be checked and maintained as
described in this section. If your
machine fails any of these checks
contact your rvice agent to get it
repaired.
IMPORTANT!
All servicing and repair work on the machine
requires special training. This is especially
true of the machine’s safety equipment. If
your machine fails any of the checks de-
scribed below you must contact your service
agent. When you buy any of our products
we guarantee the availability of professional
repairs and service. If the retailer who sells
your machine is not a servicing dealer, ask
him for the address of your nearest service
agent.
WARNING:
Always stop the en-
gine before you work on any part of
the cutting equipment. This contin-
ues to move even after the throttle is
released. Check that the cutting
equipment has stopped completely
and remove the wire from the spark
plug before you start any work on it.
Hand guard
The hand guard prevents hands from com-
ing into contact with the moving blades, for
example, if the operator loses grip on
the front handle.
Check that the hand guard is fitted correctly.
Check that the hand guard is undamaged.
Blades
To ensure good cutting results it is impor-
tant that the contact pressure between the
blades is correct. The contact pressure
is adjusted by turning the screws on the
underside of the bar clockwise as far as
they will go. Then turn the screws counter-
clockwise a 1/4 turn. Lock the screws using
the locking nut on the top of the bar. Check
that the screws are loose enough to allow
the washers under the screw heads to slide
sideways.
When the blades are correctly adjusted the
play between the blades should be 0,008
inch (0,2 mm) - 0,02 inch (0,4 mm), mea-
sured at the screws. The edges of the
blades are too hard to be filed. Dull blades
should be sharpened using a grinder. Re-
place the blades if they are bent or dam-
aged.
Gear housing
The gear housing gets hot when the
machine has been in use. To avoid burning
yourself do not touch the gear housing.
WARNING:
This machine pro-
duces an electromagnetic field
during operation. Under some cir-
cumstances, this field may interfere
with active or passive medical
implants. To reduce the risk of
serious or fatal injury, we recom-
mend persons with medical
implants to consult their physician
and the medical implant manufac-
turer before operating this machine.
