How to replace clamp arm of CT50
Necessity of replacing the clamp arm
Damaged clamp rubber cannot hold fiber.
It causes bad quality cleaving.
How often replacing clamp arm ?
When you find following issues.
- Damaged surface of clamp rubber, such as scratch and crack
- In Case replacing or adjusting blade did not improve cleaving quality.
- Broken clamp arm.
Necessary items to replace the clamp arm
How to replace clamp arm
1.Detach the fiber plate (AD-10-M24).
*The fiber plate disturbs the next step operations.
2. Remove the Fiber Scrap Box(FDB-05)
3. Loosen the two screws and remove the Fiber Scrap Collector.
4. Lift the lower clamp arm up.
*Be careful not to touch the blade with your hand.
5. Loosen the fixing screw of the shaft with an Allen wrench.
6. Remove the clamp arm.
*If you do not hold down the clamp arm, the spring force would make the clamp arm to pop out.
Be careful not to touch the blade by hand because the blade edge is sharp.
7. Insert the spring into the hole of the new clamp arm.
8. How to confirm the spring mounting.
9. Hook the end of the clamp arm to the top of the cutting lever.
*During setting the clamp arm, be careful not to remove the spring of the lever from the hole.
10. Insert the shaft and tighten the fixing screw.
*Be careful not to push the shaft in too far, as it will go in smoothly if the holes are aligned.
11. Lower the lower clamp arm down to fix it.
*Be careful not to touch the cutting blade with your hand.
12. Attach the Fiber Scrap Collector. Then attach Dust box.
* It need to adjust the cleaver blade height.
Refer to another video for how to adjust.