Adjusting Upper Blade Guide Assembly - Sears Craftsman 113.244420 Owner's Manual

ADJUSTING UPPER BLADE GUIDE ASSEMBLY
GULLET--x4
placed.
1. Loosen two hex head screws in upper blade guide
assembly and slide assembly forward in the slots
until the front edge Of the blade guides are approxi-
mately 1132"from the GULLET of the saw blade.
2. Tighten two hex head screws.
NOTE: It may be necessaryto back out thrust relier ad-
justment to allow thrust roller to move back from blade
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FRONT /,
EDGE----/
HEX
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0
"'"--_"_"'-"-- BLADE GUIDE
to get 1/32" clearance from the gullet to edge of blade
guide.
ADJUSTING UPPER BLADE GUIDES
1. Loosen the two cap screws that lock the upper
blade guides and press the two guides evenly
against the sides of the blade but do not pinch the
blade. Release the guides and rotate the upper
wheel slightly clockwise moving the blade down-
ward. Make sure one guide is not further away
from the blade than the other. Tighten both cap
screws.
CAP
ADJUSTING UPPER THRUST ROLLER
THRUST
NOTE: The thrust rollers support the blade from the ROLLER "-7
rear and will rotate when the blade is pushed against _ /
them while you are cutting. As soon as you stop cut- Z /
ting, the rollers should stop rotating. Z /
1. To be sure the thrust roller is properly supporting Z _ F-
the blade, turn the thrust roller adjustment screw / r_ j 0
using 5132 " setscrew wrench so that the roller "j -[c_J']
moves toward the blade and almost touches. _ [=_
w " _ O
2. While turning the upper hee clockw=se by hand,
adjust the thrust roller until it barely touches the |
blade and starts to rotate. Now move the roller
back slightly until it stops rotating while upper
wheel is rotated.
3. Tighten lock nut while holding thrust relier adjust-
ment screw with setscrew wrench.
LOCK NUT
_---TH RUST ROLLER
ADJUSTMENT
SCREW
GUIDE
ADJUSTING LOWER BLADE GUIDE ASSEMBLY
1. Turn lock nuts on lower blade guide assembly
counter clockwise and move lower blade guide
assembly forward until the front edge of the blade
guides are approximately 1132" from the GULLET
of the saw blade.
APPROX.
1/32" THRUST ROLLER
ADJUSTMENT
EW
NOTE: It may be necessary to back out thrust roller ad-
justment to allow thrust roller to move back from the
blade to get 1/32" clearance from the gullet to edge of
blade guide.
2. Tighten lock nuts.
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GU LLET
LOCK NUTS