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Tighten the Carriage Swing Arms
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a)
Gently hold the spacer up against the
bottom of one of the upper v-wheel swing-
arms. The spacer can be held up with a
finger or a small screwdriver inserted from
the right side of the carriage.
b)
While keeping gentle upward pressure on
the spacer, securely tighten the nylock nut
using a 5/16 (or 8mm) open end wrench.
c)
Repeat this process for the other swing arm
on the carriage.
Tighten this nut
5/16" box wrench
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Replace tensioner and Attach the carriage
belt.
a)
Guide the ribbon cable bundle under the car-
riage belt tensioner.
b)
Place the new belt tensioner next to the old
one. Count the exposed screw threads on the
old tensioner then rotate the screw in the
new one to match the old one.
c)
Insert the belt through the new tensioner so
that the belt teeth face the pulley.
d)
Guide both ends of the belt through the hole
in the endplate and in front of the traverse.
e)
Hold the new carriage belt tensioner so that
the 2 tabs and screw tip rest in the holes and
detent in the right endplate. To the left of the
Service Station area, hold both webs of the
carriage belt to maintain slight belt tension so
that the carriage belt tensioner doesn't move
out of place.
f)
While maintaining tension on the carriage
belt. Attach the carriage belt clips to each
side of the carriage base.
Important: Make sure the belt is not twisted before
attaching the clips.
g)
Tighten the carriage belt tensioner by rotat-
ing the 9/64" (3.5mm) screw 4 full clockwise
turns.
Make sure tensioner is in holes
Push up on
Cylinder
Flathead
Screwdriver
10
Install the Carriage Cover
a)
Install the carriage cover by aligning it with
the base and pushing back until the tabs
by the belt ends grab onto the carriage
base.
b)
Press against the cover tabs to ensure that
they 'snap' into the slots in the carriage
base.
c)
Install the #6-32 screw at the right side of
Locking tab
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