Operation - Makita DGP180 Instruction Manual

OPERATION

Grease supply
WARNING:
Make sure to read the instruction
manuals of the grease and/or other instruments
and replace the following contents as necessary.
Misuse or failure to follow the instructions may dam-
age the tool or cause an injury.
NOTICE:
When using the barrel with the old
grease remains, remove the barrel and purge the
old grease according to the section for purge of
grease.
There are following ways to provide grease:
Installing grease cartridge
(commercially-bought) in the barrel
NOTICE:
(For A-type barrel only)
Use the grease cartridge whose brim can be
hooked on the end surface of the barrel.
NOTICE:
(For B-type/C-type barrel only)
Use the grease cartridge whose brim can be
hooked on the inside step of the barrel.
1. Loosen the valve for air drain.
► Fig.14: 1. Valve
2. Fully pull the rod handle and lock it.
► Fig.15: 1. Groove 2. Rod 3. Rod handle
3. Remove the barrel from the tool.
► Fig.16: 1. Barrel
4.
Remove the plastic cap of the grease cartridge
and insert the grease cartridge into the barrel.
► Fig.17: 1. Grease cartridge (commercially-bought)
2. Pull tab
5. Remove the pull tab of the grease cartridge then
install the barrel to the tool.
If there is a gap between the brim of the grease car-
tridge and the barrel, screw the barrel into the tool while
pushing the barrel forward.
► Fig.18
6. Release the rod handle.
► Fig.19
7. Eject the air that remains in the flow path of the
grease.
► Fig.20
8. Fasten the valve for air drain when you see the
grease coming out of the hole.
► Fig.21
NOTE: If the tool cannot pour grease accurately, air
may remain in the flow path of the grease. Loosen
the valve for air drain and eject the air. (Refer to the
section for ejection of air.)
Filling grease in the barrel
from a bulk container
(commercially-bought)
1. Loosen the valve for air drain.
2. Fully pull the rod handle and lock it.
3. Remove the barrel from the tool.
Unlock the rod handle and move the rod forward gently.
4. Dip the tip of the barrel in the grease and then
pull the rod handle. The grease is pumped up into the
barrel.
► Fig.22: 1. Bulk container (commercially-bought)
5. Fully pull the rod handle and lock it.
► Fig.23
6. Install the barrel to the tool and then unlock the
rod handle.
7. Eject the air that remains in the flow path of the
grease.
8. Fasten the valve for air drain when you see the
grease coming out of the hole.
NOTICE:
When locking the rod handle, make
sure the rod handle is locked firmly. Otherwise the
rod handle get unlocked unintentionally, the grease
comes out from the barrel.
NOTE: (For B-type/C-type barrel only)
The amount of grease filling should be below the
screw groove line. Otherwise grease will overflow
when installing the barrel to the tool.
► Fig.24: 1. Barrel (B-type/C-type) 2. Screw groove
3. Grease
NOTE: If the tool cannot pour grease accurately, air
may remain in the flow path of the grease. Loosen
the valve for air drain and eject the air. (Refer to the
section for ejection of air.)
You can also fill grease into the barrel using a filler
pump (commercially-bought) attached to the bulk
container.
1. Remove the barrel from the tool.
2. Wrap thread seal tape around the thread part of
the loader fitting (commercially-bought).
3.
Remove the filler port plug. Attach a loader fitting
to the filler port.
4. Install the barrel to the tool. (The rod handle is
unlocked.)
5. Make sure that the valve for air drain is fastened.
Connect the loader fitting to the fitting of the filler pump.
► Fig.25: 1. Filler port plug 2. Filler port 3. Loader
fitting (commercially-bought) 4. Filler pump
(commercially-bought) 5. Fitting
6. Operate the filler pump. The rod of the rod handle
will be pushed out as the barrel is filled with grease.
► Fig.26
7. Disconnect the loader fitting from the fitting of the
filler pump.
8.
Eject the air that remains in the flow path of the
grease.
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