Hypertherm Duramax Hyamp Long Handheld Torches - Manual (Page 71)

Duramax Hyamp Long Handheld Torches Service Manual 808290 71
4 – Component Replacement
7. Straighten the pilot arc wire and the cap-sensor wires towards the end of the gas tube. Do not pull the wires too
tight, and make sure the wires are not knotted or twisted.
 Leave a small amount of slack in the wires so you can position them as needed around
the gas tube and to prevent too much stress on connection points.
8. Grip the gas tube, pilot arc wire, and cap-sensor wires below the front shell. Hold the wires in place as you wrap a
new foam strip from the kit around the gas tube and the wires.
 0.6 m (2 foot) torches: Apply the foam strip at the position you marked on the gas tube in step 4 in the
previous procedure. (See
Figure 30 on page 69.) Skip to step 10.
 1.2 m (4 foot) torches: Of the two positions you marked in step 4 in the previous procedure, apply the foam
strip at the position closer to the torch head. (See
Figure 30 on page 69.) Continue with the next step.
9. 1.2 m (4 foot) torches: Straighten out the wires below the foam strip you just applied. Grip the gas tube and wires
below the foam strip, and wrap another foam strip from the kit around the gas tube and the wires. Apply the foam
strip at the second of the two positions you marked in
step 4 in the previous procedure.
10. Make sure that the pilot terminal screw on the torch head is tightened to 17.3 kg∙cm (15 inch∙pounds).
11. Reinstall the torch body. See Install the torch body on page 61.
12. Reinstall the front shell. See Install the front shell on page 49.
13. Reinstall the rest of the torch components and the torch handle. See Install the handle on page 43.