Maintenance; Filter Removal And Installation - RIDGID VAC40100 Mode D'emploi

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Maintenance

Filter Removal and Installation

WARNING: For your own safety,
never connect plug to power source
outlet until all assembly steps are
complete and you have read and
understood the safety and operation
instructions. Do not operate Vac
with any parts damaged or missing.
To Remove Lid Assembly:
1. Grasp the drum latches on both the
right and left side of the lid assembly.
Slowly pull the drum latches away
from the drum. Lift the lid assembly off
the drum. Place the lid and blower
assembly on the Vac upside down.
Filter Removal:
1. Hold the filter tabs of the Qwik Lock™
filter in each hand.
2. With one thumb on the Qwik Lock™
stud, which protrudes through the
integrated filter plate, lift up on the
filter tabs while pushing down on the
stud.
3. This action will cause the filter to
release from the filter cage. Slide filter
off cage.
Filter Installation:
1. Carefully slide the Qwik Lock™ filter
over the filter cage and press down on
the outside edge of the filter until the
rubber gasket on the bottom of the
filter seats securely around the base
of the filter cage and against the lid.
2. Align the small center hole in the top
of the filter over the Qwik Lock™ stud
on the filter cage. Press firmly on top
of the filter near the stud to allow the
filter to snap over the ball on the end
of the stud. The filter is now attached.
NOTE: Failure to properly seat the
bottom gasket could result in debris
bypassing the filter.
Lid
Assembly
Integrated Filter
Plate with Center
Hole
Filter
Tabs (2)
Lid
Assembly
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Drum
Latch (2)
Pull
Out
And
Lift Up
PUSH
DOWN
PULL
UP
Rubber
Gasket at
Bottom of
Filter
(cutaway view)
Qwik Lock™
Stud
Filter Cage