TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
SYMPTOM CAUSE REMEDY
Motor does not start.
• Trigger not depressed
• Discharged battery
• Speed setting too low
• Battery pack not fully inserted.
• Cartridge or sausage fully dispensed
(dispenser shuts off automatically)
• Press trigger.
• Use charger to recharge battery.
• Increase speed setting
• Remove and reinstall battery pack.
• Remove and replace cartridge or sausage.
Motor stops
suddenly while
running.
• “Dose” time elapsed
• Battery pack not fully inserted.
• Cartridge or sausage fully dispensed
(dispenser shuts off automatically)
• Release trigger, increase “dose”, press
trigger.
• Remove and reinstall battery pack.
• Remove and replace cartridge or sausage.
Motor stops
gradually or slows
down.
• Discharged battery
• Speed setting too low
• Use charger to recharge battery.
• Increase speed setting
Motor runs, but
adhesive is not being
dispensed.
• Clutch open
• Cartridge tip not removed
• Adhesive too cold.
• Cured adhesive clogging mixing tube
• Cartridge failure (blow by)
• Close clutch.
• Remove tip.
• Warm the adhesive.
• Replace mixing nozzle (mixing tube).
• Remove cartridge. Clean pistons and teeth.
Install new cartridge.
Adhesive is
dispensed very
slowly
• Discharged Battery
• Speed setting too low
• Adhesive too cold.
• Cured adhesive clogging mixing tube
• Cartridge failure (blow by)
• Use charger to recharge battery.
• Increase speed setting
• Warm the adhesive.
• Replace mixing nozzle (mixing tube).
• Remove cartridge. Clean pistons and teeth.
Install new cartridge.
Dispensed adhesive
is not uniformly
mixed.
• Adhesive too cold.
• Cured adhesive in mixing nozzle
• Cartridge failure (blow by)
• Warm the adhesive.
• Replace mixing nozzle (mixing tube).
• Remove cartridge. Clean pistons and teeth.
Install new cartridge.
Rack handle is
difficult to push or
pull.
• Clutch closed
• Adhesive built up on rack teeth
• Open clutch
• Remove cartridge. Clean pistons and teeth.
Install new cartridge.
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