Maintenance – Lincoln Electric IM435 K498 MAGNUM 200FM Fast-Mate Gun and Cable User Manual
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D-4
MAINTENANCE
D-4
i. Position the cable boot and strain relief on the
cable so it fits in cable handle cavity and lock the
strain relief in place by pushing the two halves
together.
j. Assemble cable in left side of gun handle.
Assemble trigger into the proper handle cavity.
Assemble right side of gun handle and tighten the
three screws that hold the handle together. Refer
to Figure 4.
k. Install gun tube per Gun Tubes and Nozzles
Section on page D-1.
l. Install and trim liner per Removal, Installation and
Trimming Instructions on page D-1.
WIRE FEEDER END REPAIR
a. Remove the cable liner per Removal, Installation,
and Trimming Instructions on page D-1.
b. Loosen the boot nut. Slide the boot nut and boot
toward the middle of the cable past the damaged
section.
c. Rotate the collar nut until the screw anchoring the
cable handle is visible. Remove the screw and
save it.
d. Slide the cable handle and collar nut toward the
middle of the cable past the damaged section.
Remove and save the cable clamp.
NOTE: If sliding the cable handle becomes difficult,
try rotating it 180°.
e. Remove incoming connector from cable by
unscrewing connector nut from incoming connec-
tor. If the cable inner tube is difficult to remove from
the connector assembly, carefully slit it lengthwise
with a knife up to the brass connector.
f. Cut the cable control wires where they meet the
cable jacket or else unsolder the connection where
they connect to the terminal lead assembly. If you
cut the wires, strip the cut end 3/8” (9.5 mm) from
the end.
g. Cut off the damaged section of cable and strip off
the outer jacket as shown in Figure 2. Be careful
not to cut the insulation on the control wires while
stripping jacket. Strip red and white control leads
3/8” (9.5 mm) from the end.
NOTE: The cable contains three control leads. Any
two control leads can be used, provided the
two colors used are the same at both ends.
The extra lead is a spare that can be used
if one of the other leads breaks.
MAGNUM® 200FM
FIGURE 5