Threaded Connections, Cleaning

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Special tools and workshop equipment required

Contact Surface Cleaning Set: VAS6410

CAUTION:

Risk of damaging the threaded connection by to high a tightening specification.

- Do not use rust remover, contact spray or grease.

Battery -A- will be called battery in the information that follows.

The gray sanding pads are for slight contamination and suitable for soft surfaces.

The red sanding pads are for heavy contamination and suitable for hard surfaces.

Removing

-- Disconnect the battery. Refer to Battery, Disconnecting and Connecting .

-- Remove the terminal from the corresponding threaded connection -1-.

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-- Position the adapter -A- out of the Contact Surfaces Cleaning Set: VAS6410 on the threaded connection -1- and sand down the corrosion and contamination by rotating in the direction of -arrows-.