Warning, Important, Caution – Osburn AC02585 User Manual
Page 7: Assembly

Splitz-it 5-tON electric lOg Spliter
Splitz-it 5-tON electric lOg Spliter
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ASSEMbLY
1. Attach the control lever assembly by screwing the knob to the end of the lever. (SEE FigURE 3)
2. Bolt the rolling wheel bracket to the log splitter beam and log cradles using the four M6-1 x 12 bolts and corresponding lock
and flat washers provided. (SEE FigURE 3)
3. Attach safety guard lever to the top of the rolling wheel bracket with M6-1 x 12 bolts provided. (SEE FigURE 3)
4. Assemble the handle bars to the handle, then attache the completed handle bar assembly to the log splitter beam using the
M6 x 12 bolts, the M6 x 1.5 washer, and the M6 x 13 x 1.75 washers provided. (SEE FigURE 4)
Figure 3
log cradle
log cradle
rolling wheel bracket
control lever assembly
safety guard lever
rolling wheel bracket
M6 bolts
M6 x 13 washer
M6 x 1.5
washer
log splitter beam
Figure 4
4
3
5
completed
handle bar
assembly
M6 x 13 washer
M6 x 1.5
washer
M6 bolts
wARNiNg
FOR YOUR OwN SAFETY, DO NOT cONNEcT THE LOg
SpLiTTER TO THE pOwER SOURcE UNTiL THE MAcHiNE
iS cOMpLETELY ASSEMbLED AND YOU READ AND
UNDERSTAND THE ENTiRE iNSTRUcTiON MANUAL.
FOR YOUR OwN SAFETY, NEVER FORgET TO bOLT THE
wHEEL bRAckET TO THE LOg SpLiTTER, LiFT THE LOg
SpLiTTER bY THE HANDLES AT bOTH ENDS AND pLAcE
iT ON A 60-75cM HigH, STAbLE, FLAT AND LEVEL wORk
SURFAcE.
NEVER USE THE LOg SpLiTTER iF iT iS NOT iN pERFEcT
ORDER OR iF iT NEEDS SERViciNg. bEFORE STARTiNg
wORk, cHEck cORREcT FUNcTiONiNg OF ALL THE
cONTROLS (HYDRAULic LEVER, pUSH bUTTON).
iMpORTANT
bEFORE OpERATiNg THE LOg SpLiTTER, THE bLEED
ScREw SHOULD bE LOOSENED bY 3-4 ROTATiONS SO
AiR cAN gO iN AND OUT OF THE OiL TANk SMOOTH-
LY. AiR FLOw THRU THE bLEED ScREw HOLE SHOULD
bE DETEcTAbLE DURiNg LOg SpLiTTER OpERATiON.
bEFORE MOViNg THE LOg SpLiTTER, MAkE SURE
THE bLEED ScREw iS TigHTENED TO AVOiD OiL
LEAkAgE FROM THiS pOiNT. (See Figure 2)
cAUTiON
FAiLURE TO LOOSEN THE bLEED ScREw wiLL RESULT iN
AiR bEiNg cOMpRESSED AND DEcOMpRESSED iN THE
HYDRAULic SYSTEM. cONTiNUOUS AiR cOMpRESSiON
AND DEcOMpRESSiON wiLL bLOw OUT THE SEALS OF
THE HYDRAULic SYSTEM AND cAUSE pERMANENT
DAMAgE TO THE LOg SpLiTTER.
cAUTiON
DO NOT ADJUST THE MAxiMUM pRESSURE LiMiTiNg
ScREw. THE pRESSURE LiMiTiNg ScREw HAS bEEN
SEALED AT THE FAcTORY TO pREVENT UNAUTHORiZED
ADJUSTiNg. RESETTiNg THE ScREw wiLL cAUSE
THE HYDRAULic pUMp TO FAiL TO OUTpUT ENOUgH
SpLiTTiNg pRESSURE OR cAUSE TOO MUcH pRESSURE,
wHicH MAY RESULT iN SERiOUS iNJURY, AS wELL AS
DAMAgE TO THE MAcHiNE.
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