Gardner Bender Mini-Eegor Hydraulic Bender - Manual (Page 3)

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7. The bending shoe must swivel in a clockwise
direction about the pivot pin when bending pipe.
Therefore, when assembling the bender, swivel the
shoe counter clockwise to bring it into contact with
the steel rollers so that the top roller plate can be
assembled (see Figure 5).
8. Assemble the top roller plate sub-assembly (see
Figure 6). For easy assembly of the top roller plate
sub-assembly, first loosely engage the chamfered
roller atop the cylinder rod eye pin in its socket; then
engage the axle of the large steel roller into its
socket in the lower roller plate. The remaining axles
will then readily engage their respective sockets to
seat flush with the top plate surface.
Figure 7 illustrates the wrong way to assemble the
roller plates. The axle of the large steel roller inside of
the bending shoe (at right) is not seated in the lower
roller plate, as the gap under the roller indicates. Any
attempt to bend pipe with the roller plates in this position
will destroy the bender.
9. The top aluminum load arm can then be assembled
over the three projecting support pins and the
chamfered roller. Engage the pivot pin and
chamfered roller first, then lift lightly under the end
of the cylinder and the load arm will slip down over
the remaining pins in the cylinder support block
(see Figure 8).
Figure 8
Figure 5
Figure 6
Figure 7
The gap here indicates that the
axle is not seated in the lower
roller plate. Do not proceed with
bending until all axles are
properly engaged.
Do not attempt to bend pipe until all load bearing pins
are fully engaged in their respective sockets, or serious
damage may result.
10. Insert the pipe to be bent into the groove between
the rollers and the bending shoe (see Figure 9).