Use and Care Manual

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2. Install the unthreaded backing flange
3
on spindle
1
with the raised center (pilot) facing thewheel.
3. Place wheel
17
against the backing flange,
centering the wheel on the raised center (pilot) of the
backingflange.
4. While depressing the spindle lock button and with the
hex depressions facing away from the wheel, thread the
threaded locking flange
4
on spindle so that the lugs
engage the two slots in thespindle.
5. While depressing the spindle lock button, tighten the
threaded locking flange
4
with a Hex wrench.
6. To remove the wheel, depress the spindle lock button
and loosen the threaded lockingflange.
Fig. E
4
17
3
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Mounting Sanding Backing Pads (Fig. A, F)
NOTE: Use of a guard with sanding discs that use backing
pads, often called fiber resin discs, is not required. Since a
guard is not required for these accessories, the guard may or
may not fit correctly ifused.

WARNING: Failure to properly seat the clamp nut
and/or pad could result in serious injury (or damage
to the tool or wheel).

WARNING: Proper guard must be reinstalled for
grinding wheel, cutting wheel, sanding flap disc,
wire brush or wire wheel applications after sanding
applications arecomplete.
1. Place or appropriately thread backing pad
19
on
thespindle.
2. Place the sanding disc
20
on the backing pad
19
.
3. While depressing spindle lock button
2
, thread the
sanding clamp nut
21
on spindle, piloting the raised
hub on the clamp nut into the center of san ding disc
and backingpad.
4. Tighten the clamp nut by hand. Then depress the
spindle lock button while turning the sanding disc until
the sanding disc and clamp nut aresnug.
5. To remove the wheel, grasp and turn the backing
pad and sanding pad while depressing the spindle
lockbutton.
Fig. F
21
20
19
Mounting and Removing Hubbed
Wheels (Fig. A)
Hubbed wheels install directly on the spindle. Thread of
accessory must match thread ofspindle.
1. Remove backing flange by pulling away fromtool.
2. Thread the wheel on the spindle
1
byhand.
3. Depress the spindle lock button
2
and use a wrench to
tighten the hub of thewheel.
4. Reverse the above procedure to remove thewheel.
NOTICE: Failure to properly seat the wheel before
turning the tool on may result in damage to the tool
or thewheel.
Mounting Wire Cup Brushes and
Wire Wheels (Fig. A)

WARNING: Failure to properly seat the brush/wheel
could result in serious injury (or damage to the tool
or wheel).

CAUTION: To reduce the risk of personal injury,
wear work gloves when handling wire brushes
and wheels. They can becomesharp.

CAUTION: To reduce the risk of damage to the
tool, wheel or brush must not touch guard when
mounted or while in use. Undetectable damage
could occur to the accessory, causing wires to
fragment from accessory wheel orcup.
Wire cup brushes or wire wheels install directly on the
threaded spindle without the use of flanges. Use only wire
brushes or wheels provided with a threaded hub. These
accessories are available at extra cost from your local dealer
or authorised servicecenter.
1. Place the tool on a table, guardup.
2. Thread the wheel on the spindle byhand.
3. Depress spindle lock button
2
and use a wrench on the
hub of the wire wheel or brush to tighten thewheel.
4. To remove the wheel, reverse the aboveprocedure.
NOTICE: To reduce the risk of damage to the tool,
properly seat the wheel hub before turning the toolon.