Replace Reel Cartridge; Replace Storage Lock - Greenlee Reel-X FTXF-50 Instruction Manual

Replace Reel Cartridge

1. Place front housing facing down on a flat,
stable surface.
2. Remove the 4 screws and lift up rear housing.
Use caution when opening housing. Fish tape is
coiled under tension and may shift reel suddenly.
3. Remove reel cartridge from housing.
4. Secure the pulling eye to the reel cartridge for
storage or disposal to prevent the tape from
unwinding.
5. Cut and remove tie from new reel.
6. Place new reel cartridge into front housing.
7. Place pulling eye through desired exit in front
housing.

Replace Storage Lock

1. Slide the flange of the replacment lock underneath
the housing wall in the direction of the locked
marking.
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For the Primary Exit, the fish tape will lay inside the
guide track in the outer housing wall with the pulling eye
outside the housing
For the Secondary Exit (Fiberglass only), the fish tape
will lay in the groove in the inner housing wall with the
pulling eye outside the housing. Do not put steel fish
tape through this exit. Damage to the tool will result.
Primary Exit
8. Replace the rear housing onto assembly, tabs on
the housing inner diameters help make sure the two
halves line up.
9. Replace the 4 screws. Screw until tight, over or
under tightening the screws will weaken unit. If
threads are stripped, replace housing.
10. Test that the reel spins freely by moving the fish
tape pulling eye out and in a few times. If reel does
not spin freely, check that everything is aligned
properly and pulling eye is inside of guide wall and
guide track.
2. Make sure the storage lock is flush with the front
housing and slides back to the unlocked position.
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