Guide on Installing Norelco HQ8 Replacement Blades:

  • Before starting to install your new Norelco HQ8 replacement blades, be sure to turn off your Norelco shaver.
  • Look just below your Norelco shaver headframe, you can find a button to release the headframe. Press the button to release the headframe from your Norelco shaver.
  • Pull the headframe off the shaver and take out the retaining bracket that holds the old HQ8 blades by turning the bracket a quarter turn counter clockwise, and you can remove the old Norelco blades from the headframe.
  • Insert the new Norelco HQ8 replacement blades into the headframe and make sure they are facing down.
  • Once you have finished inserting the new Norelco HQ8 replacement blades, insert the retaining bracket back and lock it by turning it a quarter turn clockwise.
  • Connect the headframe back onto the Norelco shavers body and be sure to test it by turning the shaver on.
  • Congratulations, you have finished installing your Norelco HQ8 replacement blades.

Here’s a video showing how to install new Norelco HQ8 replacement blades:

Be sure to check our home page for HQ8 Norelco replacement blades compatibility.