Installing the Vacuum Tubes
See Figures 7 - 9
WARNING:
Rotating impeller blades can cause severe injury.
Always stop the engine and ensure impeller
blades have stopped rotating before opening the
vacuum door or installing/changing tubes. Do
not put hands or any other object into the vacuum
tubes while they are installed on the unit.
Vacuum Tube
Slots
Vacuum Tube
Tabs
Vacuum
Opening
Lock
Unlock
Assembly
Upper
Screws
Tabs
Lower
Vacuum
Tube Housing
Upper
Vacuum Tube
Slot
Vacuum
Inlet Door
Figure 8
To install the vacuum tubes:
1. Secure the upper and lower vacuum tubes together by
aligning the raised locking tabs with the raised slots.
2. Tap tube assembly on ground until the screw holes
in lower tube are in the raised slot of the upper tube.
Secure with supplied screws.
3. Depress door tabs using a straight screwdriver and open
vacuum inlet door.
4. Align the slots on the vacuum tube housing with the
tabs on the main housing.
5. Turn the vacuum tube housing clockwise to to the
locked position and secure to the main housing.
To remove the vacuum tubes:
1. Using a screwdriver, depress the tab on the blower/
vacuum tube to unlock.
2. Turn the upper vacuum tube housing counterclockwise.
3. Remove the vacuum tube assembly from the main
housing.
4. Close the inlet cover door securely.
Tab
Vacuum Tube
Figure 9
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