MEC Auto-Mate Assembly Manual For MEC 9000G/GN and 8567 Grabber Series
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Contents NOTE: If you are upgrading an 8567 Grabber Series machine, turn to Page 15 Step 16 and contact the factory for the items listed. Section 1. Safety Information - Page 4 Section 2. Removal of Factory Manual Operational Parts For MEC 9000G/GN or 8567 Grabber - Page 6 Section 3. Quick-Link Kit Installation - Page 10 Section 4. Assemble Your MEC Auto-Mate. - Page 16 Section 5. Installation of Left Side Truss Rod - Page 18 Section 6. Auto-Mate Fuse Replacement - Page 19 Section 1. 3
Safety Information General The MEC Auto-Mate is a unique product in that it is designed to work in conjunction with equipment and reloading components designed and manufactured by Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. It is therefore of up-most importance to read, fully understand, and strictly follow the operation, user, and safety information for ALL the equipment and reloading components that you will be using in the reloading process. Millions of men and women reload ammunition as a hobby, or because the cost savings allow them to enjoy shooting more often. You should always reload so that the safest and most accurate loads on the shooting line will be yours, and always remember that to become or to continue to be a safe reloader, you must be careful at all times. Checking powder and shot charges with a reliable scale is a must, and will disclose if you have any variations in weights. Adhering to loads recommended by the powder manufacturer is a must. Always wear safety glasses! On your machine and in this operator s manual safety labels and statements contain the words DANGER for the most serious hazards and CAUTION to call attention to safety messages. DANGER CAUTION Electrical (1) To avoid electrical shock, which can cause severe personal, injury or death do not cut or remove the round grounding prong from the plug. Machine must be grounded at all times. Do not remove warning tag from power cord. Do not use a two-prong adapter. Do not use an extension cord. Electrical Grounding Instructions - This machine is equipped with a three-prong (grounding) plug for protection against possible shock hazards. If you encounter a two prong receptacle, contact a qualified electrician and have the two-prong wall receptacle replaced with a properly grounded three-prong wall receptacle in accordance with the National Electrical Code. Machine is designed to operate on a separate 110 to 120 volt. 15 amp.. 60 cycle line. (2) Avoid contact with energized circuits. 4
Safety Information Electrical Cont d (3) Do not depend on motor control devices (switches, etc.) to prevent unexpected motor starting. Always disconnect power source before working on or adjusting machine. (4) Protect the power cable: don't let it touch sharp objects, hot surfaces, oil, grease, or chemicals. Do not kink the power cable. DANGER (5) DO NOT USE THIS EQUIPMENT IN AN AREA WHERE EXPLOSIVE VAPORS ARE PRESENT. CAUTION (6) DISCONNECT POWER SUPPLY BEFORE SERVICING, OR MAKING ANY ADJUSTMENTS. Mechanical DANGER (1) KEEPS HANDS AND FINGERS CLEAR OF ALL MOVING PARTS. (2) Your machine is quite heavy. Be sure to use your MEC Auto-Mate on a structurally sound table or bench. 5
Section 2. Removal Quick-Link Of Factory Parts Manual Installation Operational Parts REMOVAL OF FACTORY MANUAL OPERATION PARTS TOOLS REQUIRED (2) 7/16 OPEN END WRENCHES (1) 1/2 OPEN END WRENCH (1) 5/32 HEX WRENCH STEP 1 RAISE CHARGE BAR AND MEASURE ASSEMBLY. REMOVE POWDER AND SHOT BOTTLES. STEP 2 REMOVE BOTH SHOT AND POWDER DROP TUBES AND SET ASIDE. 6
STEP 3 DEPRESS HANDLE ASSEMBLY TO THE BOTTOM OF LOADING STROKE. USING TIGHTEN (2) MIDDLE 7/16 WRENCHES BOLT TO KEEP TIGHTEN MIDDLE TURRET BOLT ASSEMBLY TO KEEP IN THE TURRET DOWN AS- SEMBLY POSITION. IN THE DOWN POSITION. STEP 4 WITH A ½ END WRENCH, REMOVE THE PIVOT BLOCK BOLT AND SET ASIDE. STEP 5 REMOVE MEASURE CHARGE BAR ASSEMBLY AND AS SHOWN MEASURE AND ASSEMBLY SET ASIDE. AND SET ASIDE. 7
STEP 6 USING LOOSEN (2) MIDDLE 7/16 WRENCHES BOLT AND LOOSEN RETURN MIDDLE TURRET BOLT ASSEMBLY AND RETURN TO THE TURRET FULL UP ASSEMBLY POSITION. TO THE FULL UP POSI- TION. PULL DROP TUBE HOLDER PULL ASSEMBLY DROP UP TUBE AND HOLDER LAY TO ASSEM- THE BLY SIDE. UP IT AND IS NOT LAY NECESSARY TO THE SIDE. TO IT UN- IS NOT COUPLE NECESSARY THE ATTACHED TO UN-COUPLE LINKAGES. THE ATTACHED LINKAGES. STEP 77 USING WITH (2) A 7/16 END WRENCHES REMOVE THE THE REAR LINKAGE BOLT ASSEMBLY AND AND KEEP FOR FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE USE. STEP STEP 8 8 USING WITH (2) A 7/16 WRENCHES END REMOVE THE THE LOCK LOCK NUT NUT AND AND SET SET ASIDE. ASIDE. NOTE NOTE APPROXIMATE ADJUSTMENT POSITION OF OF THE THE CRIMP CRIMP DIE DIE CAM. CAM. YOU YOU WILL WILL NEED NEED TO TO READJUST THE THE CAM CAM FOLLOWING THE THE AUTO-MATE QUICK-LINK PARTS PARTS INSTALLATION. 8
Actuator Arm STEP 9 REMOVE THE HANDLE ASSEMBLY. STEP USE BOTH 9 HANDS TO SPREAD THE IF FORKS YOU HAVE OF THE THE HANDLE LARGE AND CAPACITY PULL PRIMER TOWARD FEED FRONT YOU OF WILL MACHINE. HAVE TO REMOVE SAVE THE THE HANDLE #8965 IN ACTUATOR THE EVENT ARM USING THAT YOU A 5/32 WANT HEX TO WRENCH CONVERT AND THE SET LOADER ASIDE. BACK NOTE TO THE MANUAL POSITION OF THE OPERATION. SCREW IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE SLOT. STEP 10 10 USING WITH (2) A 7/16 END WRENCHES REMOVE THE THE TOP TOP LINKAGE BOLT AND AND SET SET ASIDE. SAVE THE THE RIGHT AND AND LEFT LEFT LINKAGE PIECES IN IN THE EVENT THAT YOU YOU WANT TO TO CONVERT THE THE LOADER BACK TO TO MANUAL OPERATION. THIS IS THE WAY THE TOP SECTION OF YOUR LOADER SHOULD APPEAR PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE MEC AUTO-MATE QUICK-LINK KIT. 9
Quick-Link Kit Installation INSTALLATION OF MEC AUTO-MATE QUICK-LINK KIT STEP 1 PREPARE FOR INSTALLATION BY LAYING OUT THE QUICK-LINK PARTS. STEP 2 LOOKING FROM THE BACK OF THE LOADER, PLACE THE TOP LINKAGE BOLT THROUGH THE LEFT HAND LINK AND SLIDE BOLT THRU HOLE PROVIDED IN TOP OF COLUMN AND THEN THRU RIGHT HAND LINK. STEP 3 USING USING (2) A SET 7/16 OF WRENCHES 7/16 END TIGHTEN THE WRENCHES TOP LINKAGE TIGHTEN BOLT THE ASSEMBLY TOP IMPORTANT! LINKAGE BOLT ONLY ASSEMBLY TIGHTEN THE TOP IMPORTANT! LINKAGE ONLY BOLT NUT TIGHTEN ENOUGH THE TO TOP BRING LINKAGE ALL OF BOLT THE NUT PARTS ENOUGH TO TOGETHER. BRING ALL OF THE THE ACTUATION PARTS ARMS MUST TOGETHER. MOVE FREELY. THE ACTUATION ARMS MUST MOVE FREELY UP AND DOWN. 10
STEP 4 ON RIGHT SIDE OF LOADER ASSEMBLE THE FORWARD LINK BOLT, LINK STRAP, AND SPACING WASHER AS SHOWN. STEP 5 ON LEFT SIDE OF LOADER ADD ¼ SPACING WASHER, LINK STRAP, CAM PLATE AND FORWARD LINKAGE BOLT NUT. IMPORTANT! MAKE SURE THE THREADED HOLE IN THE LINK STRAP IS AWAY FROM THE LOADER. Section 3. STEP 6 WITH USING (2) (2) 7/16 END WRENCHES WRENCHES TIGHTEN TIGHTEN THE FORWARD THE FORWARD LINKAGE BOLT LINKAGE BOLT ASSEMBLY. ASSEMBLY. IMPORTANT! ONLY IMPORTANT! TIGHTEN THE ONLY FORWARD TIGHTEN LINKAGE THE FORWARD BOLT NUT ENOUGH LINKAGE TO BOLT BRING NUT ALL ENOUGH OF THE PARTS TO BRING TOGETHER. ALL OF THE PARTS LINK STRAPS TOGETHER. MUST THE MOVE LINK FREELY STRAPS UP AND DOWN. MUST MOVE USING FREELY A 5/32 HEX UP AND WRENCH DOWN. TIGHTEN THE CAM IN THE APPROXIMATE POSITION LIKE IT WAS ON YOUR HANDLE. YOU MAY HAVE TO ADJUST THE POSITION WHEN YOU BEGIN RELOADING. 11
STEP 7 RE-ATTACH THE INDEXING ACTUAT- ING ACTUATION BRACKET. BRACKET. IF YOU ALSO HAVE THE LARGE CAPACITY PRIMER FEED, RE- ATTACH THE ACTUATOR ARM AT THIS TIME. STEP 8 ADD THE REAR LINK BOLT AND NUT TIGHT- AND TIGHTEN. USING (2) 7/16 WRENCHES. IMPORTANT! ONLY TIGHTEN THE REAR LINKAGE REAR LINKAGE BOLT ENOUGH BOLT NUT TO ENOUGH BRING ALL OF TO THE BRING PARTS ALL OF TOGETHER. THE PARTS TOGETHER. STEP 9 MOVE THE DROP TUBE HOLDER ASSEMBLY BACK INTO POSITION. 12
STEP 10 DEPRESS LINKAGE HANDLE ASSEMBLY TO THE BOTTOM OF LOADING STROKE. TIGHTEN WHILE HOLDING MIDDLE IT BOLT DOWN, TO TIGHT- KEEP TURRET EN MIDDLE ASSEMBLY BOLT USING THE (2) 7/16 DOWN POSITION. WRENCHES TO KEEP TURRET AS- SEMBLY IN THE DOWN POSITION. STEP 11 FROM ALIGN THE FRONT PIVOT BLOCK OF THE AND RELOADER ALIGN CHARGE THE BAR PIVOT ASSEMBLY BLOCK AND CHARGE BAR ATTACH ASSEMBLY WITH THE AND PIVOT ATTACH BLOCK WITH THE PIVOT BOLT. BLOCK BOLT. STEP 12 WITH A ½ END WRENCH TIGHTEN PIVOT BLOCK BOLT SECURELY. 13
STEP 13 CAREFULLY LOOSEN THE MIDDLE BOLT AND RETURN TURRET ASSEMBLY ASSEMBLY TO THE FULL TO UP THE POSITION. FULL UP CAUTION POSITION. SHOULD BE TAKEN TO NOT ALLOW THE UNIT TO COME UP TOO QUICKLY. STEP 14 ADD POWDER AND SHOT DROP TUBES. STEP 15 LOWER CHARGE BAR ASSEMBLY. 14
FROM THIS IS THE WHAT SIDE/BACK THE FINISHED VIEW OF THE ASSEMBLY RELOADER SHOULD THIS LOOK IS WHAT LIKE. THE FINISHED CONGRATULATIONS, ASSEMBLY SHOULD YOU ARE LOOK LIKE. ALMOST CONGRATULATIONS, READY TO GO! YOU ARE ALMOST READY TO GO! Bolt/Nut STEP 16 INSTALL WITH A 7/16 THE END RIGHT WRENCH, HAND LOADER INSTALL SUPPORT THE LOADER BRACKET SUPPORT USING BRACKET. THE PRO- VIDED USE THE 1/4 PROVIDED NUT AND BOLT. ¼ NUT START AND WITH THE BOLT. TOP START BOLT WITH AS SHOWN THE TOP HERE BOLT AND FINGER AS SHOWN TIGHTEN. HERE. TIGHTEN IMPORTANT: SECURELY. IF YOU ARE CONVERTING A IMPORTANT: GRABBER 8567 IF YOU CALL ARE THE FACTORY AND CONVERTING REQUEST A THE GRABBER RIGHT HAND 8567 TRUSS CALL THE ROD FACTORY #9130P9 AND WING REQUEST THUMB THE RIGHT SCREW HAND #9105. TRUSS ROD #9130P9 Bolt/Nut STEP STEP 17 17 WITH COMPLETE A 7/16 END THE WRENCH, INSTALLATION OF COMPLETE THE LOADER THE INSTALLATION SUPPORT BRACKET OF THE LOADER BY SECURING SUPPORT THE BOTTOM BRACKET OF BY THE SECURING BRACKET THE TO BOTTOM LOADER. OF TIGHTEN BRACKET BOTH TO BOLTS LOADER. SECURELY TIGHTEN USING (2) SECURELY. 7/16 WRENCHES. NOTE: NOTE: MAKE MAKE CERTAIN CERTAIN THIS THIS CONNECTION IS MADE IS MADE ON THE ON THE BACKSIDE BACKSIDE OF THE OF INDEXER THE INDEXER SIDE SIDE PLATE PLATE AS SHOWN. AS SHOWN. IMPORTANT: FOLLOW FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOR 8567 8567 GRABBER GRABBER RIGHT RIGHT HAND HAND TRUSS TRUSS ROD ROD #9130P9 #9130P9 ASSEMBLY. ASSEMBLY. 15
Auto-Mate Assembly STEP 1 SLIDE YOUR RELOADER AUTO-MATE INTO INTO POSITION ON THE TOP OF THE DRIVE BASE. WITH THE PROVIDED THUMB SCREWS, SECURE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LOADER TO THE DRIVE BASE. STEP 2 PUSH LOOSEN THE THE RIGHT (2) THUMB SIDE HOLD SCREWS DOWN CLAMPING AND PUSH THE STRIP RIGHT TO THE SIDE LEFT HOLD UNTIL IT DOWN RESTS CLAMPING AGAINST STRIP THE LOADER TO THE BASE. LEFT UNTIL IT RESTS AGAINST THE SECURE LOADER BASE. CLAMPING STRIP TIGHTLY WITH SECURE THE CLAMPING PROVIDED STRIP THUMB TIGHTLY SCREWS. WITH PROVIDED THUMB SCREWS. TIGHTEN ALLEN SCREW USING 5/32 HEX WRENCH. STEP 3 WITH A ½ END WRENCH, REMOVE THE NY-LOCK NUT FROM THE ACTUATION WHEEL PIVOT POINT. ATTACH THE BOTTOM END OF THE PULL ROD AND TIGHTEN THE LOCK NUT. 16
STEP 4 THREAD REMOVE THE THE LOCK BOLT NUT FROM ON THE TO THE TOP PIVOT OF BRACKET THE PULL AND ROD THREAD FOLLOWED THE BY THE PIVOT PIVOT BRACKET BRACKET. ONTO THE THE HOLES PULL IN THE ROD. PIVOT RE-POSITION BRACKET THE SHOULD PIVOT BE SLIGHTLY BRACKET BETWEEN HIGHER THAN THE THOSE LINKS. IN THE LINKS. HOLES A IN SLIGHT THE PIVOT AMOUNT BRACKET OF DOWNWARD SHOULD LINE PRESSURE UP WITH THE IS REQUIRED HOLES TO IN THE SLIDE LINKS. THE BOLT SLIDE THROUGH THE BOLT THE LINKS THROUGH AND THE LINKAGE PIVOT BRACKET. AND PIVOT BRACKET. THE BOLT SHOULD SLIDE THROUGH FREELY. STEP 5 USING (2) 7/16 END WRENCHES TIGHTEN THE LINKAGE BOLT ASSEMBLY. IMPORTANT: ONLY TIGHTEN THE LINKAGE BOLT ENOUGH TO BRING ALL PARTS TOGETHER. BOLT SHOULD PIVOT FREELY. STEP 6 INSTALL THE SPENT PRIMER BIN UNDER THE AUTO-MATE BASE FRAME IN LOCATION SHOWN, 17
Bolt/Nut Installation Of Left Truss Rod STEP 1 INSERT THE BOLT BOLT THRU THROUGH TOP HOLE THE IN TRUSS HOLE ROD AND IN THE SLIDE MOUNTING THRU HOLE BRACKET IN BACK SIDE AND OF THE THEN MOUNTING THROUGH BRACKET THE TOP ON HOLE THE LEFT IN SIDE THE OF TRUSS RELOADER. ROD ON FINGER THE LEFT TIGHTEN AT SIDE THIS OF POINT. RELOADER AND FINGER TIGHTEN NUT. YOU MAY FIND IT EASIER TO INSERT BY TIPPING THE MEASURE ASSEMBLY BACK. STEP 2 USING THE PROVIDED T BOLT, INSTALL LOWER TRUSS ROD TO THE PROVIDED MOUNTING HOLE AT THE LEFT REAR OF THE AUTO-MATE DRIVE BASE AND SECURELY TIGHTEN. STEP 3 USING (2) TWO 7/16 7/16 END END WRENCHES, WRENCHES, SECURELY SECURLY TIGHTEN THE THE BOLT AND NUT HOLDING THE UPPER TRUSS ROD TO THE RELOADER MOUNTING BRACKET. 18
Auto-Mate Fuse Replacement STEP 1 REMOVE POWER CORD! STEP 2 TO EXPOSE FUSE. WITH A SMALL STANDARD SCREW DRIVER PUSH IN WHILE TURNING COUNTER CLOCKWISE. STEP 3 REMOVE FUSE FROM FUSE HOLDER AND REPLACE WITH A FUSE THAT MATCHES FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS. ( SEE BELOW) 3AG 250V.75 AMP FAST ACTING NOTE: LESSER QUALITY FUSES MAY BLOW AT LOWER THAN RATED VALUE. IF YOU CAN NOT LOCATE FUSES THAT MEET THESE SPECS, CONTACT MEC FOR REPLACEMENT FUSES. 19
MEC AUTO-MATE PART # DESCRIPTION 9102 Power Cord 9128.75 Amp Fuse 9129 1 Amp Fuse 9135 Magnet 9113 Hex Flange Nut (for magnet) 9104 Thumb Screw (Round) 9130P6 Right Side Hold Down Bracket 9134 Pull Rod Assembly 0113H1544 Carriage Bolt 9114 Nylon Lock Nut (Carriage Bolt) 6466 Lock Nut (Carriage Bolt) 8661 Truss Rod (right side for 9000 series machine) 685F Bolt 460A Lock Nut 9130P10 Truss Rod (left side) 9105 Thumb Screw (Wing) 9130P9 9100 Primer Catcher 8546 Linkage Assembly Truss Rod (right side for 8567 series machine) PART # Accessory Items 9149 Links Kit (Converts another 9000 or 8567 series machine to operate on the MEC Auto-Mate) 9156 Large Push Buttons 9162 Quick Disconnect Pin Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. An Employee Owned Company 715 South Street Mayville, WI 53050 Ph: (800) 797-4632 Fax (920) 387-5802 website: www.mecreloaders.com email:reloaders@mayvl.com Form No. 9145 (09/07) Rev. 1 20