Service manual

3.0 Maintenance Guide
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3.5.1 Knife Latch Replacement
1. Use kit number K-61074 as shown on page 41. Lower the clamp to the table. Remove the
clamp handle, cutting lever handle, and top cover.
2. Remove the knife latch, knife latch spring, and hood. The hood must be removed at the
machine frame, not at the hood mounting brackets.
Figure 20
3. Remove the old knife bar keeper.
4. Install the new keeper using semi-permanent thread locking compound on the screws.
5. Reinstall hood. Adjust according to instructions in section 3.5 Hood and Knife Latch
Adjustments on page 19.
6. Install new knife latch (apply semi-permanent thread lock to threads of mounting screw) and
knife latch spring. The knife latch mounting screw should be tightened enough to take the
slop out of the latch but not tight enough to inhibit free movement of the latch. One leg of the
spring must be bent with pliers to engage the hole in the knife latch. Bend the left tang 90
o
toward the knife latch about 1/2” from the end, as shown on page 41. The other tang must be
bent around its retainer screw as shown in Figure 20 above.
7. Check proper operation of the hood and knife latch. Readjust as necessary.
8. Reinstall the clamp handle, cutting lever handle, and top cover.
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