Created: 07/04
Revised: 08/14
BARTELL MORRISON INC. BARTELL MORRISON (USA) LLC
375 ANNAGEM BLVD, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA, L5T 3A7, 905-364-4200 FAX 905-364-4201
200 COMMERCE DRIVE, FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY, USA, 07728 732-566-5400 FAX 732 -566-5444
EDGER TROWEL INSTRUCTION MANUAL
BARTELL MORRISON INC. BARTELL MORRISON (USA) LLC
375 ANNAGEM BLVD, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA, L5T 3A7, 905-364-4200 FAX 905-364-4201
25 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, KEYPORT, NEW JERSEY, USA, 07735, 732-566-5400 FAX 732-566-5444
Created: 07/04
Revised: 06/12
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TROUBLESHOOTING
WON’T START
¥ Throttle fully open
¥ Hand lever wire broken
¥ No gas
¥ Dirty gas
¥ No oil
¥ Gas filter plugged
¥ Gas line plugged
¥ Hole in gas line
¥ Gas supply valve turned off
¥ Dead-man safety switch is off
¥
Safety switch wire or connectors not making
good contact
¥ Other engine problems (Refer to engine manual)
STARTS BUT NO HIGH SPEED
¥ Engine problems
¥ Throttle cable broken or seized
¥ Throttle lever and conne
adjustment
¥ Clutch shoes worn
STARTS AT HIGH SPEED, WON’T SLOW DOWN
¥ Same as above
ENGINE WON’T STOP
¥
Safety switch, wire or connectors not making
good contact
¥ Micro-switch burnt out
ENGINE STARTS BUT WON’T TURN TROWELS AT
ANY SPEED
¥ Clutch seized
¥ No weights or broken clutch
¥ Wrong belt
¥ Broken or missing key
− Clutch
− Pulley
− Worm gear (countershaft)
− Main gear
− Spider plate
¥ Gearbox seized
TROWELS TURN, ENGINE AT IDLE
¥ Idle too fast
¥ Belt too tight
¥ Clutch seized
¥ Pulley out of alignment
TROWELS BLADES WEARING UNEVENLY
¥ Spider plate seized
¥ Arms bent
¥ Adjusting screws (carriage bolts) incorrectly set
¥ Floating disc not evenly attached to the blades
MACHINE JUMPS ON FLOOR
¥ Concrete hardened on bottom of spider plate
¥ Trowels unevenly worn/bent
¥ Spider plate seized
¥ Spider plate loose
¥ Trowel arms bent
¥ Adjusting screws (carriage bolts) incorrectly set
¥ Mainshaft bent
PITCH CONTROLS WILL NOT OPERATE BLADES
¥ Cable broken or out of adjustment
¥
Pressure plate assembly contaminated with
concrete debris
¥ Slot screw missing (under-side of handle)
¥ Spider plate seized
¥ Pressure plate and/or yoke arm broken or badly
worn
¥ Hand crank adjuster malfunctioning
BELT WEARING RAPIDLY
¥ Belt is too tight
¥ Pulley out of alignment
¥ Wrong belt/defective belt
¥ Clutch sticking
¥ Gearbox seizing
OIL LEAKS
a) Top of gearbox
¥ Gearbox seal warn
¥ Engine leaks
¥ Too much oil in gearbox
b) At mainshaft or countershaft
¥ Shaft and/or seal worn
¥ Retaining screw(s) loose
TROWEL BLADES WILL NOT TURN
¥ Yoke arm broken
¥ Key sheared
¥ Gearbox malfunction
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