Assembling The Blower - Shindaiwa 68915-94310 Owner's/Operator's Manual

Assembly
Prior to Assembly
Using Figure 3 as a guide, familiarize your-
self with the blower and its components.
Understanding the unit helps ensure top
performance, longer service life, and safer
operation.
Before assembling the blower, make sure
you have all required components.

Assembling the Blower

IMPORTANT!
This unit is equipped with a static dis-
charge reduction wire. This wire helps
direct static buildup into the air stream
reducing the felt amount to the operator.
1. Place the blower upright on the ground
or a sturdy work surface and note parts
orientation as shown in Figure 4.
2. Remove static wire from package and
fix eyelet to right hand engine cover
screw. See Figure 5.
3. Turn the discharge tube out to a right
angle and slip anti-static wire through
the 102mm clamp and flexible tube.
4. Slip the flexible tube over the end of the
90° discharge tube, and secure with the
102mm clamp.
NOTE:
Check to make sure that the 90° discharge
tube swivels freely. If any binding is pres-
ent, loosen 102mm clamp and pull wire
towards engine to get more slack and
recheck for free movement.
5. Insert the static wire through the swivel
tube, then install and tighten the 89mm
clamp over the rotating band on the
swivel tube.
6. Slide the handgrip over the swivel tube
and secure with the bolt and wingnut.
7. Fold the end of the static wire back
over the connection of the swivel tube.
See Figure 5.
8. Grasp the nozzle, and push the nozzle
over the swivel tube locking pins secur-
ing the static wire. See Figure 6.
9. Lock the nozzle to the swivel tube by
rotating the nozzle noting the alignment
marks. See Figure 6.
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Power unit and blower assembly.
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Flexible tube, swivel tube, two nozzles
and straight tube.
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Handgrip (Non RT unit only).
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Two tube clamps (102 and 89mm).
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This Owner's/Operator's Manual
and a tool kit containing a tool
bag, 4 mm hex wrench, 5 mm hex
wrench and a combination spark plug
wrench/screwdriver.
Anti-Static 90° Discharge Tube
Wire
102mm
Clamp
Figure 4
Swivel
Tube
Static Wire
Static Wire
Connector
Figure 5
IMPORTANT!
Blower tube installation affects blower
performance! Make sure the tubes and
nozzle are correctly assembled per above,
and that all connections are tight. Blower
tubes may come apart during use unless
tubes are aligned and locked into place.
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Lead wire assembly (anti-static).
Carefully inspect all components for damage.
The terms "left", "left-hand", "LH"; "right",
"right-hand", and "RH"; "front" and "rear"
refer to directions as viewed by the opera-
tor during normal operation.
Swivel
Tube
Flexible Tube
89mm Clamp
Fold wire
Flexible Tube
Figure 6
Stop the engine before installing or
removing the blower tubes! Never
perform any maintenance or assem-
bly procedures on this unit while the
engine is running!
IMPORTANT!
Handgrip
Long Nozzle
(ø74 mm)
Straight Tube
Swivel Tube
Short Nozzle
(ø65 mm)
Align the lock pins with the lock
slots, and push the tube and
nozzle together.
Lock Pin
Lock Slot
Rotate clockwise to lock making
sure the 3 lines are aligned on
both tube and nozzle.
WARNING!
Danger from rotating
impeller!