Husqvarna 540i XP with battery and charger Owner Manual - Page 32

To do a check of the chain drive sprocket, To examine the cutting equipment

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To do a check of the chain drive sprocket • Examine the chain drive sprocket for wear. Replace the chain drive sprocket if it is necessary. • Replace the chain drive sprocket each time that you replace the saw chain. The concave side of the large washers (A) must point in the direction of the drive sprocket (B). To do a check of the guide bar 1. Make sure that the oil channel is not blocked. Clean if it is necessary. 2. Examine if there are burrs on the edges of the guide bar. Remove the burrs using a file. A 3. Clean the groove in the guide bar. B To examine the cutting equipment 1. Make sure that there are no cracks in rivets and links and that no rivets are loose. Replace if it is necessary. 4. Examine the groove in the guide bar for wear. Replace the guide bar if it is necessary. 2. Make sure that the saw chain is easy to bend. Replace the saw chain if it is rigid. 3. Compare the saw chain with a new saw chain to examine if the rivets and links are worn. 4. Replace the saw chain when the longest part of the cutting tooth is less than 4 mm/0.16 in. Also replace the saw chain if there are cracks on the cutters. 5. Examine if the guide bar tip is rough or very worn. 6. Make sure that the bar tip sprocket turns freely and that the lubricating hole in the bar tip sprocket is not blocked. Clean and lubricate if it is necessary. 32 1065 - 007 - 27.09.2021

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To do a check of the chain drive
sprocket
Examine the chain drive sprocket for wear. Replace
the chain drive sprocket if it is necessary.
Replace the chain drive sprocket each time that you
replace the saw chain. The concave side of the large
washers (A) must point in the direction of the drive
sprocket (B).
A
B
To examine the cutting equipment
1.
Make sure that there are no cracks in rivets and links
and that no rivets are loose. Replace if it is
necessary.
2.
Make sure that the saw chain is easy to bend.
Replace the saw chain if it is rigid.
3.
Compare the saw chain with a new saw chain to
examine if the rivets and links are worn.
4.
Replace the saw chain when the longest part of the
cutting tooth is less than 4 mm/0.16 in. Also replace
the saw chain if there are cracks on the cutters.
To do a check of the guide bar
1.
Make sure that the oil channel is not blocked. Clean
if it is necessary.
2.
Examine if there are burrs on the edges of the guide
bar. Remove the burrs using a file.
3.
Clean the groove in the guide bar.
4.
Examine the groove in the guide bar for wear.
Replace the guide bar if it is necessary.
5.
Examine if the guide bar tip is rough or very worn.
6.
Make sure that the bar tip sprocket turns freely and
that the lubricating hole in the bar tip sprocket is not
blocked. Clean and lubricate if it is necessary.
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