How to Install the Canister Filter Kit on a Jet Dust Collector
Finish Nailer Repair - Replacing the Driver Guide (Ridgid Part # 79004001022)
The canister filter kit allows you to upgrade your cloth filter bag to the canister style. The canister filter removes particles down to two microns in size, and has more surface area for better air flow (due to the pleated design). The kit includes the canister filter, the handle (to rotate the filter-cleaning fins), a new lower bag retainer, five disposable lower bags, and the hardware needed to install the canister.
Let's get started.
REMOVING THE CLOTH COLLECTION BAG
1. Remove the upper collection bag.
a. Release the clamp securing the metal retaining strap to the upper cloth bag.
b. Remove the upper collection bag from the dust collector.
2. Remove the bag hanger and bracket.
a. Remove the lower collection bag from the dust collector.
b. Lift the metal bag hanger (pole) out of its mounting bracket.
c. Remove the nuts securing the bag hanger mounting bracket to the drum.
d. Remove the mounting bracket from the drum.
e. Reinstall the nuts and bolts to secure the support leg to the drum.
INSTALLING THE NEW CANISTER FILTER KIT
3. Assemble the new canister.
a. Remove the bag retainer from the inside of the new canister.
b. Remove the handle from the inside of the new canister.
c. Thread one of the nuts onto the post at the top of the new canister. (Leave approximately 1/2 to 5/8 of an inch of space between the bottom of the bolt and the top of the canister.)
d. Install one of the flat washers onto the threaded post at the top of the canister.
e. Install the handle.
f. Install the second flat washer onto the threaded post (over the handle).
g. Install the lock washer onto the threaded post.
h. Install the second nut onto the threaded post.
i. Use two wrenches to tighten the nuts and secure the handle.
4. Install the canister.
a. Install the new dust canister onto the drum.
b. Install and tighten the knobs (supplied with the kit) to secure the new canister to the drum.
5. Install the (lower) plastic collection bag.
a. Place the new retainer over the open end of one of the new plastic collection bags.
b. Pull approximately three inches of the new plastic bag through the retainer and fold the plastic bag back onto itself (entrapping the retainer within).
c. Align the top portion of the plastic collection bag (containing the retainer) with the inside flange on the bottom of the drum.
d. Starting at the back of the drum, seat the retainer into the flange.
e. Continue seating the retainer into the flange until only a small portion of the retainer is visible at the front of the drum.
f. Press the exposed portion of the retainer toward the center of the drum.
g. Align the retainer (vertically) with the inner flange on the drum.
h. Carefully release the retainer to secure the new plastic bag in place. (Be careful to avoid getting your fingers caught between the retainer and the drum.)