Special Operations - General Pipe Cleaners speedrooter 91 Operating Instructions Manual

Speedrooter 91™

Special Operations

IF CABLE GETS CAUGHT IN LINE
The motor can be reversed to free the cable if it
gets caught in line. (Note: if using Power Cable
Feed, putting motor in reverse will cause the feed
control lever to operate opposite of normal.)
1. Move toggle switch on motor to reverse
position.
2. Depress the foot pedal while pulling on the
cable.
3. After cable is loose, move toggle switch back
into forward position.
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Running the machine in reverse for more than a
few seconds at a time can cause the cable to
tangle in the drum.
IF CABLE TANGLES IN DRUM
This is caused by using too much pressure when
feeding the cable or feeding the cable into the line
while running the machine in reverse. To untangle
the cable, rotate the drum in opposite direction.
This will usually get the cable to lie in the drum
properly.
If the cable has become badly tangled, which
shouldn't occur if used properly, it can be
straightened out by removing the distributor tube
from the machine. To do this:
1. Remove drum from machine frame. (See TO
REMOVE DRUM below.)
2. Set drum down so that distributor tube is
pointing up. Unscrew plastic knob at the back
of distributor tube.
unlocks the distributor tube from the drum shaft.
Be careful not to lose the thrust bearing and
race attached to the knob.
Figure 1
CAUTION
(See Figure 1.)
3. Slide the distributor tube off the shaft and out of
the drum. (See Figure 2.)
The tension of the cable will force the tube to
the side of the drum as you pull it out; so keep
some pressure against the cable as you pull the
tube out. After tube is out, pull out the inner
drum cage. (See Figure 3.) Pull out enough
cable to eliminate the tangle.
4. After the cable is straightened out, slide the
inner drum cage back into place.
Then slide distributor tube back so that curved
section is adjacent to crescent-shaped notch in
inner drum cage and back of distributor tube fits
over shaft in center of drum. (Figure 2.) Keep
pressing down on distributor tube as you tighten
This
plastic knob with thrust bearing and races.
(Figure 1.) This holds tube into place. You can
now put the drum back on the machine.
TO REMOVE DRUM
1. Remove belt guard by loosening the knob
above the motor.
2. Press down on motor and slide V-Belt off of
drum. Then rotate motor to the side.
3. Remove the cutter and connecting screw from
the cable end.
4. Unscrew knob behind the front post and pull
Power Cable Feed off the machine.
5. Loosen the knob on front post cap (S91-120),
then open cap.
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Figure 2
Figure 3
(Figure 3.)