124 Agilent 6500 Series Q-TOF LC/MS Maintenance Guide
2Maintenance
To clean the ion optics assembly
7 Place the ion optics assembly on a clean cloth (Figure 60). Reposition
assembly holding the skimmer spacer and remove the two screws that hold
skimmer 1 and carefully be removed skimmer 1 (Figure 61). You may need
to use a flat blade screwdriver to gently pry skimmer 1 from its seat.
Figure 59 Optics assembly
Lens cable
Green Wire Top
Black Wire Bottom
Be careful! The screwdriver blade can damage the octopole rods. If you damage the
octopole rods, you must replace the entire assembly.