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Mount the Bar 6. Carefully remove the chain from the package. Hold chain with the drive links as shown. Tip of Bar CUTTERS MUST FACE IN DIIRECTION OF ROTATION Cutters Depth Gauge Drive Links DISENGAGED Front Hand Guard ENGAGED Chain Brake 11. Now, install chain brake making sure the adjusting pin is positioned in the lower hole in the guide bar. Remember this pin moves the bar forward and backward as the screw is turned. 12. Install chain brake nuts and finger tighten only. Once the chain is tensioned, you will need to tighten chain brake nuts. CHAIN TENSION (Including units with chain already installed) NOTE: When adjusting chain tension, make sure the chain brake nuts are finger tight only. Attempting to tension the chain when the chain brake nuts are tight can cause damage. Checking the tension: Use the screwdriver end of the chain adjustment tool (bar tool) to move the chain around the bar. If the chain does not rotate, it is too tight. If too loose, the chain will sag below the bar. Place chain onto the sprocket 7. Place chain over and behind clutch, fitting the drive links in the clutch drum sprocket. 8. Fit bottom of drive links between the teeth in the sprocket in the nose of the guide bar. 9. Fit chain drive links into bar groove. 10. Pull guide bar forward until chain is snug in guide bar groove. Ensure all drive links are in the bar groove. NOTE: CHAIN BRAKE MUST BE DISENGAGED BEFORE INSTALLATION ON THE SAW. TO DISENGAGE CHAIN BRAKE, PULL THE FRONT HAND GUARD BACK TOWARD THE REAR OF THE CHAIN BRAKE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE (SEE ILLUSTRATION). Chain Adjustment Chain Brake Nuts Tool (Bar Tool) Adjusting the tension: Chain tension is very important. Chain stretches during use. This is especially true during the first few times you use your saw. Always check chain tension each time you use and refuel your saw. You can adjust the chain tension by loosening the chain brake nuts and turning the ad- justing screw 1/4 of a turn while lifting up on the bar. S If chain is too tight, turn adjusting screw 1/4 turn counterclockwise. S If chain is too loose, turn adjusting screw 1/4 turn clockwise. Adjusting Screw Chain Brake Nuts 7 Guide Bar

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7
Mount the Bar
6.
Carefully remove the chain from the pack-
age.
Hold chain with the drive links as
shown.
CUTTERS MUST FACE IN
DIIRECTION OF ROTATION
Tip of
Bar
Cutters
Depth Gauge
Drive Links
Place chain onto the sprocket
7.
Place chain over and behind clutch, fit-
ting the drive links in the clutch drum
sprocket.
8.
Fit bottom of drive links between the
teeth in the sprocket in the nose of the
guide bar.
9.
Fit chain drive links into bar groove.
10. Pull guide bar forward until chain is snug
in guide bar groove.
Ensure all drive
links are in the bar groove.
NOTE:
CHAIN BRAKE MUST
BE
DISENGAGED BEFORE INSTALLA-
TION ON THE SAW. TO DISENGAGE
CHAIN BRAKE, PULL THE FRONT
HAND GUARD BACK TOWARD THE
REAR OF THE CHAIN BRAKE AS
FAR AS POSSIBLE (SEE ILLUSTRA-
TION).
DISENGAGED
ENGAGED
Chain Brake
Front Hand Guard
11. Now, install chain brake making sure the
adjusting pin is positioned in the lower
hole in the guide bar. Remember this pin
moves the bar forward and backward as
the screw is turned.
12. Install chain brake nuts and finger tight-
en only. Once the chain is tensioned,
you will need to tighten chain brake nuts.
CHAIN TENSION
(Including units with chain already installed)
NOTE:
When adjusting chain tension,
make sure the chain brake nuts are finger
tight only.
Attempting to tension the chain
when the chain brake nuts are tight can
cause damage.
Checking the tension:
Use the screwdriver end of the chain adjust-
ment tool (bar tool) to move the chain around
the bar. If the chain does not rotate, it is too
tight. If too loose, the chain will sag below the
bar.
Chain Brake Nuts
Chain Adjustment
Tool (Bar Tool)
Adjusting the tension:
Chain tension is very important.
Chain
stretches during use. This is especially true
during the first few times you use your saw.
Always check chain tension each time you
use and refuel your saw.
You can adjust the chain tension by loosen-
ing the chain brake nuts and turning the ad-
justing screw 1/4 of a turn while lifting up on
the bar.
S
If chain is too tight, turn adjusting screw 1/4
turn counterclockwise.
S
If chain is too loose, turn adjusting screw
1/4 turn clockwise.
Adjusting
Screw
Chain Brake Nuts
Guide Bar