Maintenance And Care; Maintenance; Adjusting The Cutting Device; Lubricating The Gearbox - ATIKA HB 60 Bedienungsanleitung

At first cut the sides of the hedge and then the upper edge.
Cut the hedge from the bottom up.
Cut the hedge in trapezium shape.
Stretch a guide over the complete length of the hedge when
you want to shorten the upper edge of the hedge evenly.
Trim in several passes if you have to cut down a large
portion of the hedge.
Best time for hedge trimming:
Leaved hedge:
⇒
Conifer hedge:
⇒
⇒ Quickly growing hedge:
Pay attention to breeding birds in the hedge. If so, put off
hedge trimming or leave this area out.
At any case pay attention to all safety instructions.

Maintenance and Care

Before each maintenance and cleaning work
− Stop the engine.
− Wait until the cutting device does not longer
move.
− Stop the engine and pull off the spark plug
connector (with the exception of idle speed
adjustment).
Do not carry out maintenance work close to open flames. Risk of
fire.
Maintenance and repair work other than those described in this
chapter is only allowed to be carried out by service staff.
For maintaining and cleaning, removed security devices must
unconditionally be mounted properly and proved again.
Use only original parts. Other parts can result in unexpected
damages and injuries.

Maintenance

In order to aviod possible injuries wear gloves.
To guarantee a long and reliable usage of the hedge trimmer
carry out the following maintainance works regularly.
Check the hedge trimmer for obvious defects such as
−
loose fastening elements
− worn or damaged components
−
deformed, broken or damaged cutting device
− leaks from the fuel tank cap or fuel lines
Check the hedge trimmer after each application for
− wear and tear, in particular sliding play of the cutting device
− correct assembly and faultless covers and protective
devices.
Necessary repair or maintainance operations have to be carried
out before the usage of the hedge trimmer.
22
June and October
April and August
from May and then every 6
weeks

Adjusting the cutting device

Readjust the sliding play if cut material is clamped between the
blades or the play has increased due to normal wearing of the
cutting device after a longer period of use.
To obtain good cutting results the free motion between the
blades and the sword must be correctly adjusted.
For this proceed as follows:
1. Loosen the nuts (A) on the top surface of the cutting device.
2. Slightly tighten the screws (B) on the underside (if required
loosen them previously).
3. Turn the screw back anticlockwisely by a quarter up to a half
turn.
4. Use a screwdriver to hold the screw and firmly tighten the
nuts.
The sliding play is correctly adjusted if the washer
under the screw head can just be freely moved back and
forth by hand.
5. Lubricate the cutting device using environmental-compatible
lubricating oil.
If the play is too small, this may cause a great extent of
heating and thus damage to the device.

Lubricating the gearbox

Lubricate the gearbox every 10 to 20 operating hours.
1. Put the grease gun onto the zerk fitting (25).
2. Force some grease into the zerk fitting.
Use SHELL ALVANIA RL3, for example, or an equivalent
grease brand.

Adjusting the idle speed

If the cutting device continues to run while the engine idles, you
have to correct the idle speed.
1. Allow the engine to run warm for 3-5 minutes (no high
speed).
2. Turn the adjusting screw (C):
clockwisely
counterclockwisely
Contact the manufacturer if the cutting device still
continues to run in idle mode.
Do not continue working with the hedge trimmer in such a
condition.
Cleaning / replacing the air filter
Clean the air filter from dust and dirt on a regular basis to
prevent
− starting problems,
loss of output,
−
too high fuel consumption.
−
idle speed increases (+)
idle speed decreases (–)