How To Thread Welding Wire Through The Wire Feeder - Eastwood Mig135 Assembly And Operating Instructions Manual

HOW TO THREAD WELDING WIRE THROUGH
THE WIRE FEEDER
1. Unlock the tension bar (1) on the wire tensioner and lift up the rocker arm (2). Ensure that the wire
drive wheel is appropriate to the welding wire size, see previous page describing the installation of
the Drive Roller.
2. Pull out the welding wire (3) from the welding wire spool carefully; NOTE: Do not let go of the wire
prior to step 5 or the entire spool will unravel and be useless.
3. Cut off the small piece of the curved segment at the front of welding wire and straighten the welding
wire approximately 3.0" long.
4. Thread the welding wire through the
guide pipe (4) and over the wire feed
roller (5) and into the torch hole (6).
5. Reattach the rocker arm (2) and reset
the presser bar (1) of the wire feeder
(now the welding wire can be fed
smoothly).
6. Remove the contact tip and nozzle
from the mig gun.
7. Turn on the machine and set the wire
speed to about "5".
8. With the gun pointed away from you
and others, depress the trigger to
begin feeding wire.
NOTE: Watch the drive roller to see if any slipping is occurring between the roller and the wire- if so
turn the machine off and tighten the tension wing nut 1⁄4 turn and test again.
9. You do not want too much tension on the tension roller as it will tend to deform the wire. Just enough
to feed the wire without slipping
10. Once the wire has emerged from the tip of the gun, turn the machine OFF and replace the tip and
nozzle.
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