Cutting blade:
• To avoid severe personal injury, make sure that the engine switch is
in the OFF position to prevent accidental starting.
• Use a genuine Honda replacement cutting blade or its equivalent.
CAUTION:
Wear heavy gloves to protect your hands, when working around the
cutting blade.
1.Install a protective plastic cover (that came with the blade) on the
edge of the cutting blade for safety and protecting the blade.
2.Insert the tip of the 4 mm hexagon wrench (supplied with your
trimmer) fully into the hole on the gear case.
3.Turn the cutting blade until you feel the tool drops into the hole in
the internal locking ring. Verify the blade does not turn. The drive
bolt and blade nut use left-hand threads. Make sure the 4 mm
hexagon wrench remains in the hole, then loosen (turn clockwise)
the blade nut. Pay attention to the order and orientation of the parts
as they are removed.
4.Installation can be performed in the reverse order of removal. Make
sure you install the blade with the cutting edge in the direction of
rotation. Torque the blade nut to: 24.2 Nm (2.5 kgfm, 18.1 lbfft)
10 mm BLADE NUT
NUT COVER
BLADE HOLDER
DRIVE BOLT
GRASS GUARD
• After tightening the blade nut, turn the cutting blade with your hand
and check that it is installed in the center properly. Check the cutting
blade, too, that it is neither eccentric nor interfering with any
neighboring part.
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GEAR CASE
The blade turns clockwise
as viewed from the blade.
CUTTING BLADE
PROTECTIVE PLASTIC
COVER
LOCKING TOOL HOLE
4 mm HEXAGON
WRENCH