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Care must be taken not to kink or otherwise damage the torch liner during
installation. See Fig. 7 for the drive assembly and Fig. 8 for the torch assembly.
1. Turn OFF the welding unit's power switch and unplug the welding unit from
the power supply.
2. Open the welding unit's side panel (#27).
3. Loosen the drive tension adjustment knob and lift the drive tension arm up
off the drive roller.
4. Turn the wire spool counterclockwise. Hold onto the wire itself while turning
the spool or the wire will unspool
when it becomes free of the torch
liner. Push wire end through the
spools hole and bend to secure.
Remove wire from the welding unit.
5. Lay torch cable and torch handle
straight out in front of welding unit.
6. Remove the torch strain relief clamp
by removing the four screws.
7. Take the torch handle halves apart by
removing four Phillips head screws.
8. Remove the hanging hook from the
two case halves by carefully pulling it
apart until it is free from the torch.
9. Remove liner from gas valve by
pulling it from the bottom of the gas
valve, being careful not to separate
gas valve halves.
10. Remove liner from outer torch sleeve by pulling from torch end.
11. Install new liner, starting from torch end and feeding towards unit.
12. Push the new liner back through gas valve and into the neck of the torch until it
is fully seated then push into the groove at the rear or base of the valve.
13. Return all components to the handle casing and realign them as they were
originally. Be sure all o-rings are returned to their original positions.
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