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MAINTENANCE
2. Adjust to match the opposite side.
3. When adjusted, lower the handle to Twin Pitch
operating position.
Figure 28. Pitch Towers
Blade Pitch Adjustment Procedure
Maintenance adjustment of blade pitch is made by adjusting
a bolt (Figure 29) on the arm of the trowel blade finger.
This bolt is the contact point of the trowel arm to the lower
wear plate on the thrust collar. The goal of adjustment is to
promote consistent blade pitch and finishing quality.
Look for the following indications if blades are wearing
unevenly. If so, adjustment may be necessary.
Is one blade is completely worn out while the others
look new?
Does the machine have a perceptible rolling or bouncing
motion when in use?
Look at the machine while it is running, does the trowel
guard ring “rock up and down” relative to the ground?
Do the pitch control towers rock back and forth?
OPERATING POSITION
DISENGAGED
(ONE SIDE)
Figure 29. Blade Pitch Adjustment Bolt
The easiest and most consistent way to make adjustments
on the trowel arm fingers is to use the Trowel Arm Adjustment
Fixture (P/N 9177). It comes with all the hardware necessary
to properly accomplish this maintenance and instructions
on how to utilize this tool.
If a trowel arm adjustment fixture is not available and
immediate adjustment is necessary, temporary field
adjustment can be made if you can see or feel which blade
is pulling harder by adjusting the bolt that corresponds to
that blade.
A better way to determine which blades need adjustment
is to place the machine on a known FLAT surface (steel
metal plate) and pitch the blades as flat as possible. Look
at the adjustment bolts. They should all barely make contact
with the lower wear plate on the spider. If you can see that
one of them is not making contact, some adjustment will
be necessary.
Adjust the “high” bolts down to the level of the one that is not
touching, or adjust the “low” bolt up to the level of the higher
ones. If possible, adjust the low bolt up to the level of the
rest of the bolts. This is the fastest way, but may not always
work. Verify after adjustment the blades pitch correctly.
Blades that are incorrectly adjusted often will not be able
to pitch flat. This can occur if the adjusting bolts are raised
too high. Conversely, adjusting bolts that are too low will
not allow the blades to be pitched high enough for finishing
operations.
SPIDER
PLATE
TROWEL
LEVER
(FINGER)
TROWEL
ARM
BLADE PITCH
ADJUSTMENT
BOLT
