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MAINTENANCE INTERVAL
Parts: Interval: Howto:
Powercord Everytimebeforeusing
Visuallyinspectwhetheritisnotbadlywornor
damaged.Ifitisdamaged,askyourlocalservicecenter
forrepair.
Auxiliaryhandlescrew Everytimebeforeusing
Checkwhetherscrewisnotloose.Tightenthescrewif
itisloose.Replacethescrewifitisdamaged.
Cuttingtoolguard
(protector)
Everytimebeforeusing
Checkwhetherscrewisnotloose,whetherprotectoris
notdamaged.Tightenthescrewifitisloose.Replace
theprotectorifitisdamaged.
Cutterblade Every10h
Lubricatewithanticorrosiveoilaftereachuse.Check
whetheritisnotdamaged.Replaceitifitisdamaged.
Nyloncuttinghead Every10h
Visuallyinspectwhetheritisnotbadlywornor
damaged.Replaceitifitisdamaged.
Gearshaft Every10h Lubricatewithanticorrosiveoil.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Beforeaskingforrepairs,conductyourowninspectionrst.Ifyoundaproblemthatisnotexplainedinthemanual,
donotattempttodismantlethetool.Instead,askMakitaAuthorizedServiceCenters,alwaysusingMakitareplacement
partsforrepairs.
Malfunctionstatus Cause Action
Motordoesnotrun.
Powermainsisnotpluggedin. Pluginthemains.
Powercablebroken.
Ask your local authorized service
centerforrepair.
The drive system does not work
correctly.
Motorstopsrunningafteralittleuse. Overheating.
Stopusingoftooltoallowittocool
down.
ItdoesnotreachmaximumRPM.
The drive system does not work
correctly.
Ask your local authorized service
centerforrepair.
Cuttingtooldoesnotrotate:
stopthemachineimmediately!
Foreign object such as a branch is
jammedbetweentheguardandthe
cuttingtool.
Removetheforeignobject.
Cutterbladefasteningnutisloose.
Tightenthenutproperlyasdescribed
inthismanual.
Thecutterbladeisbended. Replacethecutterblade.
The drive system does not work
correctly.
Ask your local authorized service
centerforrepair.
Abnormalvibration:
stopthemachineimmediately!
Oneendofthenyloncordhasbeen
broken.
Bumpthenyloncuttingheadagainst
the ground while it is rotating to
causethecordtofeed.
Thecutterbladeisbended,cracked
orworn.
Replacethecutterblade.
Cutterbladefasteningnutisloose.
Tightenthenutproperlyasdescribed
inthismanual.
Cutterbladeisfastenedimproperly.
The drive system does not work
correctly.
Ask your local authorized service
centerforrepair.
Cuttingtoolandmotorcannotstop:
Disconnect the mains plug
immediately!
Electricorelectronicmalfunction.
Disconnectthemainsplugandask
yourlocalauthorizedservicecenter
forrepair.