20 Most Recent Oster Golden A5 2-Speed Universal Motor Clipper 78005-140 - Page 4 Questions & Answers

The agents for Oster in South Africa are Grooming Services.
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Repair and sales centres in Johannesburg,Cape Town and Port Elizabeth
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try www.angliaclipperservices.com they supply oster clippers internationally.

Hi,
This is a great clipper but the blade can be tricky to reseat. Just pop off the blade using the thumb spring near the bottom of the blade, however do not pop straight off! Instead pull the blade up towards you before removing. This should angle up the metal tongue so it is easy to replace the blade. Next you can lubricate any moving parts but be sure to both remove any excess hair first. Also use only oil made for clippers since other types might evaporate and lead to corrosion.
When you're ready to replace the blade make sure it slides onto the tongue and then to seat it properly turn on the motor and snap into place!

If you have another clipper, you can test the blades out on them to see if your blades are sharp. As for the blades not cutting on your clipper it could be a couple things. Your blade drive could be worn and not allowing the cutter blade to travel far enough each way to make a clean cut. Another thing to check is that your blade latch is not broken. This is the black hook by the blade drive on the clipper. If the blade latch is broke, the blade won't stay tight up on the clipper. Thus the blade will act like it is dull.

the clipper must be running when you try to fit a blade, if its all pf your blades your having trouble with then the problem is with your clippers, its possible the black latch which you need to depress to release a blade is bocken, loock at the end and make sure there is a hook which catches the blade, look at the picture.

make sure the blade clicks into place and cannot be removed without depressing the release latch, secondly check the two screws are tight either side of the hinge assembly, faults in either can cause this fault.

remove the blades and make sure the screw are tight on the hinge assembly and the blade.

sounds like the blade sockets may have bent or cracked, the ears will spread wider alowing the blade to rattle on the clipper.

hi, on some ocassions when the clippers get hot the metal gear shaft moves meaning the movement of the clipper is limited, you can remove they gears in the gearbox when its hot and see if there is any side to side movement.

i presume you mean the hinge assembly screws, this usually means you need a new main body.

if you havent recently eplaced the Lever it may be worth trying, especially if its larger blades which struggle.

have a look at these pictures

follow this link

I believe you are referring to oiling the blades unless you are talking about when you take it apart fully and put it back together. For general usage and maintenance:

Oiling of the blades should be carried out at regular intervals during the clipping application. Apply a small quantity of oil on the ends of the blades whilst the trimmer is running. Only use clipper oil or light machine oil of good quality.

This can be found at http://www.provet.com.au/Portals/0/pdf/08OsterClipperCare.pdf on page 3

see if the blade and hinge have moved away from the body of the clipper, the two screws either side of the hinge assembly may need tightening, or the main body may need replacing,
If its just one blade then there must be a problem with that blade.

you could check the fuse or otherwise take them apart to see what has broken.

sSe instructions at shaveroutlet.com at link below. Be sure to pay attention to the part that says turn clipper on before attempting to snap them down into place


http://shaveroutlet.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/f/i/file_34_12.jpg

drip fine oil right into the blades. shield with a paper towel or some such and run briefly then wipe off.

not sure if you contact us via email we can quote you for postage!!