Classic Hose Reel - How to re-position the Feeder Arm

This guide is helpful when you are experiencing a retraction issues that relates to a misaligned feeder arm (hose guide) on your classic hose reel.

If the hose feeder is out of alignment it may cause the hose to catch on the inside of the casing. This will stop your hose from retracting and leave result in about 5 metres of hose that will not retract into the unit.

How to re-position the feeder arm:

Pull the hose out until the feeder reaches the middle of the opening.

Inside the opening, locate the black belt in the top right hand corner.

Disengage the belt from the teeth on the spindle.

This can be achieved by:

• Using your left hand to unlock the hose and allow the retraction to start slowly. Place your middle finger on the outside edge of the belt.

• With your finger, pull the belt to the left. At the same time guide the hose in at a very slow pace. The idea of doing this is to help the belt roll off the teeth of the cog, as you would when taking off a bike chain.

Note: take care not the flip the belt.

Once disengaged, remove your finger and pull the hose out to its full length. The hose feeder should not move when you do this.

Re-attach the belt to move the feeder into the correct position.

• With your left hand, pull the hose to unlock it from its position (less than half a metre)

• Place the thumb of your right hand against the belt and push gently. At the same time guide the hose back in at a very slow pace with your left hand to roll the belt back on to the teeth of the cog.

Retract the hose until the feeder arm is positioned 50mm from the left hand side of the opening. Hold the hose at this point with left hand.

Note: Ensure feeder arm is moving towards the right

Once the feeder arm is positioned, disengage the belt again (see step 3), pull the hose out to its full length and then re-engage the belt. You have now reset the feeder.

Walk the hose back into the reel at a steady pace