G) Belt Changing Cleaning - Panasonic MC-E4051 Operating Instructions Manual

G) BELT CHANGING AND CLEANING
WARNING: Electrical Shock And Personal Injury Hazard
Disconnect from electrical supply before servicing or cleaning the unit. Failure to do so could result in electrical
shock or personal injury from cleaner suddenly starting.
Frequently check and remove hair, string and lint build-up in the brush area. If build-up becomes excessive, follow the steps below.
Should the belt become loose or should it break, follow the Belt Removal Instructions.
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Nozzle Cover
Retainers
Nozzle
Cover
WARNING:
Personal Injury Hazard
Always unplug the vacuum cleaner before cleaning the brush area as agitator may suddenly restart. Failure to
do so can result in personal injury.
1 2
Agitator
Cut off any carpet pile, hair or lint
1 3
entangled around the agitator and
remove any string or debris located
near the end caps.
End
Cap
NOTE: In order to keep cleaning efficiency high and to prevent
damage to your cleaner, the agitator must be cleaned every time
the belt is changed.
TO REMOVE NOZZLE COVER
Disconnect from electrical supply. Press handle release pedal
and rotate the handle down so the cleaner is laying flat on
the floor.
To protect the floor surface, always place paper under the nozzle
any time the nozzle cover is removed.
Release the nozzle cover by rotating the nozzle cover retainers
to the UNLOCK position. Grasp back of nozzle on each side and
lift up to remove it from nozzle cover.
Carefully remove any residue that may exist in the belt area.
TO REMOVE BELT/CLEAN AGITATOR
Position hands on the agitator. If the belt is still attached to the
agitator, there will be tension on it.
Belt
Carefully lift the right end of the agitator and then lift the left end.
Remove the worn or broken belt from the motor drive shaft.
WARNING:
Be careful when removing the agitator as the belt
tension is high. Failure to do so could result in per-
sonal injury from the agitator releasing quickly and
snapping away.
Usage
HEAVY -
(used daily)
MODERATE -
(used 2-3 times/week)
LIGHT -
(used 1 time/week)
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Personal Injury Hazard
Clean Agitator
every week
every month
every 2 months