Replacing Pistons/O-Rings - Grizzly G6050 Instruction Manual

Replacing Pistons/O-Rings

If you use your nailer day in and day out,
Grizzly offers repair pistons as cheap
insurance against wasted down time and
lost profits in the event that a piston or pis-
ton shaft becomes worn out. To replace a
piston:
Always disconnect air from nailer
whenever servicing! During mainte-
nance, a nailer connected to air may
fire accidentally, causing serious
personal injury!
1. Disconnect the nailer from the air
supply!
Remove all nails from the magazine
2.
cartridge.
Remove the 4 cap screws from the
3.
nailer exhaust cap.
Remove the exhaust cap as shown in
4.
Figure 7.
The top of the piston should now be
5.
visible inside the cylinder, which is
housed in the head of the nailer.
Open the magazine.
6.
Watch the discharge area and push
7.
the top of the piston with your finger.
You will see the piston shaft slide
down the discharge area.
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Figure 7. Removing nailer exhaust cap.
With a long flathead screwdriver or
8.
similarly shaped tool, push the piston
shaft back inside the nailer until you
can grip the piston head and remove
it from the cylinder. (Be careful not to
scratch the discharge area when
pushing the piston shaft with the
screwdriver.)
Place a new O-ring on the new piston
9.
and apply a thin film of the nailer lubri-
cating oil on the O-ring.
10. Insert the new piston in the cylinder.
Make sure that the grooves on the
piston shaft line up with those on the
guide at the bottom of the cylinder.
The new piston should easily slide
into the cylinder. Do not force the
piston into the cylinder! If the piston
is not easily inserted, double-check
the alignment of the piston shaft with
the grooves on the guide.
11. After the piston is inserted correctly,
close the magazine. Replace the rear
cap assembly and tighten the 4 cap
screws.
12. For more assistance, or to install a
complete O-ring set, refer to the
appropriate breakdown diagram in the
back of this manual.
G6050 Round Head Framing Nailer Kit