Electric Brake; Electronic Function - Makita UR016G Instruction Manual

Speed adjusting
You can select the tool speed by tapping the main power button. Each
time you tap the main power button, the level of speed will change.
► Fig.10: 1. Speed indicator 2. Main power button
Speed indicator
Automatic Torque Drive Technology
When you turn on the Automatic Torque Drive
Technology (ADT), the tool runs at optimum rotation
speed and torque for the condition of grass being cut.
To start ADT, press and hold the reverse button until the ADT indicator
turns on. After that, tap the main power button to select the cutting tool
attached to the tool. Light the lamp beside
ter blade and plastic blade,
To stop ADT, press and hold the reverse button until the
ADT indicator turns off.
► Fig.11: 1.
marking 2.
tor 4. Main power button 5. Reverse button
Indicator
Mode
ADT(Cutter
blade)
ADT(Nylon
cutting head)
Reverse button for debris removal
Switch off the tool and remove the
WARNING:
battery cartridge before you remove entangled weeds
or debris which the reverse rotation function can not
remove. Failure to switch off and remove the battery cartridge
may result in serious personal injury from accidental start-up.
This tool has a reverse button to change the direction of rotation.
It is only for removing weeds and debris entangled in the tool.
To reverse the rotation, tap the reverse button and pull the
switch trigger while depressing the lock-off lever when the
cutting tool is stopped. The speed indicators and ADT indi-
cator start blinking, and the cutting tool rotates in reverse
direction when you pull the switch trigger.
To return to regular rotation, release the trigger and wait
until the cutting tool stops.
► Fig.12: 1. Speed indicator 2. ADT indicator
3. Reverse button
Rotation speed
Mode
High 6,500 min
Medium 5,300 min
Low 3,500 min
marking to select cut-
marking to select nylon cutting head.
marking 3. ADT indica-
Cutting tool Rotation
speed
Cutter blade 3,500 - 6,500
Plastic blade min
Nylon cutting 3,500 - 6,500
head min
NOTE: During the reverse rotation, the tool operates only
for a short period of time and then automatically stops.
NOTE: Once the tool is stopped, the rotation returns
to regular direction when you start the tool again.
NOTE: If you tap the reverse button while the cutting
tool is still rotating, the tool comes to stop and to be
ready for reverse rotation.
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Electric brake

This tool is equipped with an electric brake. If the tool
consistently fails to quickly stop after the switch trigger
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is released, have the tool serviced at our service center.
CAUTION:
the protector. Never use the tool without the protector. An
unguarded cutting tool may result in serious personal injury.
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Electronic function

Constant speed control
The speed control function provides the constant rota-
tion speed regardless of load conditions.
Soft start feature
Soft start because of suppressed starting shock.
ASSEMBLY
WARNING:
switched off and battery cartridge is removed
before carrying out any work on the tool. Failure to
switch off and remove the battery cartridge may result
in serious personal injury from accidental start-up.
WARNING:
assembled. Operation of the tool in a partially assembled state
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may result in serious personal injury from accidental start-up.
Installing the handle
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For UR016G
1. Insert the shaft of the handle into the grip. Align
the screw hole in the grip with the one in the shaft.
Tighten the screw securely.
► Fig.13: 1. Grip 2. Screw 3. Shaft
Note the direction of the grip. The
NOTICE:
screw holes will not be aligned if the grip is not
inserted in the correct direction.
Adjust the handle position, and then tighten the
2.
knob to fix the handle.
► Fig.14: 1. Knob
For UR017G
1. Attach the upper and lower clamps on the damper.
Put the handle on the upper clamp and fix it with
2.
hex socket head bolts as illustrated.
► Fig.15: 1. Hex socket head bolt 2. Handle 3. Upper
clamp 4. Damper 5. Lower clamp
21 ENGLISH
This brake system is not a substitute for
Always be sure that the tool is
Never start the tool unless it is completely