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Reelmaster 5010- H
Cutting Units
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Bedknife Replacement and Grinding
1. Screw (8 used) 2. Bedbar 3. Bedknife
Figure 23
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Antiseize
Lubricant
200 to 250 in-lb
(23to28N-m)
Lightly Oil
Bedbar Surface
Bedknife Removal
1. Remove bedbar from cutting unit (see Bedbar As-
sembly in this section).
2. Remove screws from bedbar using a socket wrench
and bedknife screw tool (see Special Tools in this chap-
ter). Discard screws. Remove bedknife from the bedbar
(Fig. 23).
Bedknife Installation
1. Use scraper to remove all rust, scale and corrosion
from bedbar surface. Lightly oil bedbar surface before
installing b edknife.
2. Make sure that screw threads in bedbar
(5/16- 18UNC- 2A) are clean. Apply antiseize lubricant
to the threads of new screws. Take care to keep anti-
seize lubricant from taper on screw heads.
IMPORTANT: Do not use an impact wrench to tight-
en screws into the bedbar.
3. Use new screwsto secureb edknife to bedbar. Install
all screws but do not tighten fully. Then, using a torque
wrench and bedknife screw tool, torque screws from
200 to 250 in- lb (23to 28 N-m).Useatorquingpattern
working from thecenter toward each endof thebedknife
(Fig. 24).
Figure 24
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Figure 25
Top Angle
Front Angle
Top Face
Front
Face
Remove
Burr