STA-RITE GW9500 Owner's Manual page 8

A B O U T DISASSEMBLY
1. Remove swivel assembly (Figure 13) from the top of
the cleaner by turning it 114-turn counterclockwise
Swivel
and pulling straight up on it.
2. Turn cleaner upside down. Remove 4 screws and
remove lower body assembly from shroud.
3
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Turn lower body assembly right side up. Unsnap the
2 clips on the oscillator chamber cap (Figure 14A); lift
it off.
4. Pull the long gear shaft straight up (Figure 14A) by
the blocks on the ends of the shaft. Hold the seals in
the oscillator and the blocks on the shaft. The cam
may interfere with the shaft mounting post; if so, turn
it slightly on the shaft until it clears the post. The shaft
assembly can now be disassembled (Figure 14B).
5. Slide the long gear shaft out of the oscillator (with
gears, complete); make sure that you don't lose the
seals out of the oscillator which may fall out at this
point (Figure 14B).
5A. Oscillator seals are replaceable.
5B. Ratchet gear set and long shaft are replaceable as a
unit.
Locked
Twist CCW
Pull Straight
114 Turn UP
Figure 13
6. Remove the set screw, short gear shaft, and gears
Figure 14A
(Figure 15); do not lose the gears off of the shaft.
Figure 14B
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7. With a small screwdriver (such as a jeweler's screw-
driver), a pencil, or a pen point, depress and remove
the coil spring from the movable brush mounting
post (Figure 16). Replace the brush and the spring if
necessary.
8. The metal ratchet tab slides out of its slot sideways;
replace it by removing the center brushes and sliding
in a new ratchet tab until it is flush with the edge of
plastic holder (Figures 17 and 18). Replace the center
brushes.
9. The brush ring pops out of the cleaner body for easy
Figure
replacement.
Figure 16
10. If you need to replace the bumper, turn the shroud
Slide metal ratchet tab
2.
Slide metal ratchet tab
and bumber assembly upside down and remove the toward end of cleaner body
down through
'leaner body
two screws holding the bumper to the shroud.
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Figure 18
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