Angle Grinder Attachment; Install Flex Shaft Adapter; Install Angle Grinder Attachment Side Handle; Installing Grinding Disc - Craftsman 183.172540 Owner's Manual

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INSTALL FLEX SHAFT ADAPTER
1.
Remove collet nut (1) from the motor shaft (2)
and remove existing conet (see Fig 23).
2.
Insert short end of flex shaft adaptor (3) into motor
shaft.
Slide corlet nut over flex shaft adaptor and fasten
onto motor shaft by turning clockwise. Tighten collet
nut using collet wrench supplied.
NOTE: Press locking button (4) on motor housing to
lock motor shaft while tightening the coital nut.
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Fig. 23
INSTALL ANGLE GRINDER ATTACHMENT SIDE
HANDLE
1.
Loosen angle gdnder attachment side handle (1) by
fuming it counter-clockwise (see Fig. 24).
2.
Slide mounting collar (2) over motor housing (3),
NOTES:
a) Make sure one of the eight slots (4) in mounUng
collar slides over shaft locking button (5).
b) CoUar can be rotated and positioned in eight
different positions for operator convenience.
3.
When mounting collar is pushed fully onto the motor
housing, lock it in place by turning the handle
clockwise.
Fig. 24
INSTALL ANGLE GRINDER
ATTACHMENT
1.
Release locking lever (1) on angle gdnder
attachment housing (see Fig, 25).
2,
3,
4,
5.
Match up key (2} on motor housing and slot (3) in
angle grinder attachment. There are also arrows on
the motor housing and angle grinder attachment
housing. Slide angle grinder attachment onto the
motor housing.
NOTE: While sliding angle grinder attachment onto
motor housing, rotate the angle grinder attachment
spindle (4) until flex shaft adaptor engages into the
angle grinder attachment.
When flex shaft adaptor is engaged into the angle
grinder attachment, slide angle grinder attachment
fully onto the motor housing as far as it will go.
Lock angle grinder attachment in place by pushing
locking lever until it snaps into place against the
angle grinder attachment housing.
Rotate angle grinder attachment guard (5) back
toward the motor so it wirl protect both your fingers
and the motor when grinding.
Fig. 25
INSTALLING
GRINDING
DISC
1,
2.
3.
4,
5.
Press angle grinder attachment locking button (1)
and rotate flanged spindle nut (2) until the lock
engages the shaft (see Fig. 26).
Remove the flanged spindle nut (if installed) by
turning it counter-clockwise with the collet wrench.
Place the gdnding disc (3) over the spindle (4).
NOTE: Loosen the slider screw (5) and adjust the
slider (6) ff necessary to allow the gdnding disc to fit
into the slot (7).
Re-install the flanged spindle nut on the spindle and
tighten in place,
NOTE: Do NOT over tighten the flanged nut. This
may cause the grinding disc to crack and shatter
when the angle gdnder attachment is turned ON.
Re-tighten the slider screw so it holds the guide in
the correct position.
NOTE: Make sure the grinding disc does NOT touch
the guide when it turns,
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