Ryobi MS181 - Manual (Page 17)

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ADJUSTMENTS
■ Depress the spindle lock button and rotate the
blade bolt until the spindle locks. See Figure 18.
■ Using the blade wrench provided, loosen and
remove the blade bolt.
Note: The blade bolt has left hand threads. Turn
blade bolt clockwise to loosen.
■ Remove outer blade washer. Do not remove
inner blade washer.
■ Wipe a drop of oil onto inner blade washer and
outer blade washer where they contact the blade.
WARNING:
If inner blade washer has been removed, replace it
before placing blade on spindle. Failure to do so
could cause an accident since blade will not tighten
properly.
■ Fit saw blade inside lower blade guard and onto
spindle. The blade teeth point downward at the
front of saw as shown in figure 17.
CAUTION:
Always install the blade with the blade teeth and
the arrow printed on the side of the blade pointing
down at the front of the saw. The direction of blade
rotation is also stamped with an arrow on the upper
blade guard.
■ Replace outer blade washer. The double "D" flats
on the blade washers align with the flats on the
spindle.
■ Depress spindle lock button and replace blade bolt.
Note: The blade bolt has left hand threads. Turn
blade bolt counterclockwise to tighten.
■ Using the blade wrench provided, tighten blade
bolt securely.
■ Remove the blade wrench and store it in a safe
place for future use.
■ Replace the lower blade guard and blade bolt
cover.
■ Retighten phillips screw securing blade bolt cover.
Tighten screw securely. See Figure 17.
WARNING:
To prevent damage to the spindle lock, always
allow motor to come to a complete stop before
engaging spindle lock. Make sure the spindle lock
button is not engaged before attaching battery
pack.
Fig. 18
3 0
1 5
0
1 5
3 0
4 5
31.62
22.5
22.5
SPINDLE LOCK
BUTTON
TO REMOVE BLADE
See Figures 15, 16, 17, and 18.
■ Remove battery pack from saw.
WARNING:
Failure to remove battery pack from your saw
could result in accidental starting causing possible
serious personal injury.
■ Loosen the phillips screw on the blade bolt
cover until blade bolt cover can be raised.
See Figures 15, 16, and 17.
■ Gently raise the lower blade guard bracket,
releasing lower blade guard from notch so that
lower blade guard and blade bolt cover can be
rotated up and back to expose the blade bolt.
See Figure 16.
■ Depress the spindle lock button and rotate the
blade bolt until the spindle locks. See Figure 18.
■ Using the blade wrench provided, loosen and
remove the blade bolt.
Note: The blade bolt has left hand threads. Turn
blade bolt clockwise to loosen.
■ Remove outer blade washer. The blade can now
be removed.
Your compound miter saw has been adjusted at the
factory for making very accurate cuts. However, some
of the components might have been bumped out of
alignment during shipping. Also, over a period of time,
readjustment will probably become necessary due to
wear. After unpacking your saw, check the following
adjustments before you begin using saw. Make any
readjustments that are necessary and periodically
check the parts alignment to make sure that your saw
is cutting accurately.