Installation
4 INSTALLATION
WARNING!
Danger if assembly is not carried out
completely!
Operation of an incompletely assembled
appliance can result in serious injury.
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Only operate the appliance when it
is fully assembled.
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Check that all safety and protective
devices are in place and functioning
correctly before switching on.
WARNING!
Risk of injury due to detaching appli-
ance parts
Appliance parts detaching during opera-
tion can lead to serious injury.
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Attach the cutting tools so that they
cannot come loose during operation.
4.1
Assembling brushcutter BC 223 B
4.1.1
Mounting the "bike" handle (02, 03)
1. Place rubber sleeve (02/1) over shaft.
2. Use the four Allen screws (02/2) to fasten the
lower bearing shell (02/3) and the handle
bracket (02/4) over the rubber sleeve (02/1).
3. Insert the "bike" handle (02/5) into the handle
bracket (02/4).
4. Use the four Allen screws (02/7) to fasten the
upper bearing shell (02/6) on the handle
bracket (02/4).
5. Align the "Bike" handle in such a way that
distance A is smaller than distance B (03/A,
03/B).
Note: Always guide the trimmer to the right of
your body using the "Bike" handle. Both dis-
tances are correct when the middle of the
cutting head coincides with the middle of the
body.
4.1.2
Mounting the spool head (04)
1. Place driver plate (04/1) onto guide pin (04/2)
of drive shaft.
2. To lock, insert Allen key (04/3) into hole of
driver plate (04/1).
3. Screw spool head (04/4) onto the drive shaft
and tighten.
Note: Left-hand thread. Tighten the spool in
an anti-clockwise direction.
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4.1.3
Fitting the blade (05)
WARNING!
Danger of serious injury!
The blade can become undone during
operation and cause serious injury due
to a locking nut that starts to turn easily.
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Immediately replace the locking nut
if it becomes easy to turn.
1. Place the brushcutter so that the cutting head
is pointing upwards.
2. Place driver plate (05/1) onto guide pin (05/2)
of drive shaft.
3. Place the blade (05/3) on the driver plate
(05/1) so that the hole in the blade lies pre-
cisely on the guide circle on the driver plate.
4. Place the flange (05/4) onto the blade (05/3)
so that the flat side points towards the cutting
blade.
5. Put on the serrated washer (05/5).
6. Screw the fastening nut (05/6) onto the guide
pin (05/2). To do this, insert the Allen key
(05/7) into the holes provided and tighten
with the spark plug spanner.
Note: Left-hand thread.
7. Secure the fastening nut (05/6) with the split
pin (05/8).
4.1.4
Installing guard plate (06)
1. Place the guard plate (06/1) on the shaft
(06/2).
2. Position the half clamp (06/3) on the shaft
(06/2) from the other side, and guide three
Allen screws (06/4) through the half clamp,
shaft and guard plate.
3. Firmly tighten all components with three
washers (06/5) and three fastening nuts
(06/6).
4.2
Assembling brushcutter BC 223 L-S
4.2.1
Installing loop handle (09)
1. Place rubber sleeve (09/1) over shaft (09/2).
2. Place loop handle (09/3) from above and
spacer (09/4) from below onto the rubber
sleeve.
3. Insert an Allen screw (09/5) from above and
screw on a nut (09/6) from below, then tight-
en slightly. Repeat this step with the other Al-
len screws and nuts.
4. Tighten all Allen screws securely.
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