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Checking the tension: Use the screwdriver end of the chain adjustment tool (bar tool) to move chain around guide bar. If the chain does not rotate, it is too tight. If the chain is too loose, it will sag below the bar. Guide Bar Adjusting Screw -- 1/4 Turn 5. While lifting tip of guide bar, tighten bar nuts securely with the bar tool. Bar Nuts Bar Nuts Chain Adjustment Adjusting Tool Screw (Bar Tool) Adjusting the tension: Chain tension is very important. Chains stretch during use. This is especially true during the first few times you use your saw. Always check chain tension each time before you start the chain saw. 1. Loosen bar nuts until they are finger tight against the clutch cover. 2. Turn adjusting screw clockwise until chain solidly contacts bottom of guide bar rail. Adjusting Screw 3. Using bar tool, roll chain around guide bar to ensure all links are in bar groove. 4. Lift up tip of guide bar to check for sag. Re- lease tip of guide bar, then turn adjusting screw 1/4 turn clockwise. Repeat until sag does not exist. 6. Use the screwdriver end of the bar tool to move chain around guide bar. 7. If chain does not rotate, it is too tight. Slightly loosen bar nuts and loosen chain by turning the adjusting screw 1/4 turn counterclockwise. Retighten bar nuts. 8. If chain is too loose, it will sag below the guide bar. DO NOT operate the saw if the chain is loose. NOTE: The chain is tensioned correctly when the weight of the chain does not cause it to sag below the guide bar (with the chain saw sitting in an upright position), but the chain still moves freely around the guide bar. WARNING: If the saw is operated with a loose chain, the chain could jump off the guide bar and result in serious injury to the operator and/ or damage the chain making it unusable. If the chain jumps off the guide bar, inspect each drive link for damage. Damaged chain must be repaired or replaced. OPERATION KNOW YOUR CHAIN SAW READ THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL AND SAFETY RULES BEFORE OPERATING YOUR CHAIN SAW. Compare the illustrations with your unit to familiarize yourself with the location of the various controls and adjustments. Save this manual for future reference. Front Hand Guard/ Chain Brake Front Handle Starter Rope Chain Muffler ON/STOP Switch Choke/ Fast Idle Lever Bar Sprocket Hole Bar Oil Fill Cap Starter Housing Primer Bulb Fuel Mix Fill Cap 8

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8
Checkingthetension:
Use the screwdriver end of the chain adjust-
ment tool (bar tool) to move chain around guide
bar. If the chain does not rotate, it is too tight. If
the chain is too loose, it will sag below the bar.
Bar Nuts
Guide
Bar
Adjusting
Screw
Chain Adjustment
Tool
(Bar Tool)
Adjustingthetension:
Chain tension is very important. Chains stretch
during use. This is especially true during the
first few times you use your saw. Always check
chain tension each time before you start the
chain saw.
1.
Loosen bar nuts until they are finger tight
against the clutch cover.
2.
Turn adjusting screw clockwise until chain
solidly contacts bottom of guide bar rail.
Adjusting
Screw
3.
Using bar tool, roll chain around guide bar to
ensure all links are in bar groove.
4.
Lift up tip of guide bar to check for sag. Re-
lease tip of guide bar, then turn adjusting
screw
1
/
4
turn clockwise. Repeat until sag
does not exist.
AdjustingScrew --
1
/
4
Turn
5.
While lifting tip of guide bar, tighten bar
nuts securely with the bar tool.
Bar Nuts
6.
Use the screwdriver end of the bar tool to
move chain around guide bar.
7.
If chain does not rotate, it is too tight. Slightly
loosen bar nuts and loosen chain by turning
the adjusting screw
1
/
4
turn counterclock-
wise. Retighten bar nuts.
8.
If chain is too loose, it will sag below the
guide bar. DO NOT operate the saw if the
chain is loose.
NOTE:
The chain is tensioned correctly when
the weight of the chain does not cause it to sag
below the guide bar (with the chain saw sitting in
an upright position), but the chain still moves free-
ly around the guide bar.
WARNING:
If the saw is operated with
a loose chain, the chain could jump off the guide
bar and result in serious injury to the operator and/
or damage the chain making it unusable. If the
chain jumps off the guide bar, inspect each drive
link for damage. Damaged chain must be re-
paired or replaced.
OPERATION
KNOWYOURCHAINSAW
READ THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL AND SAFETY RULES BEFORE OPERATING YOUR CHAIN
SAW. Compare the illustrations with your unit to familiarize yourself with the location of the various
controls and adjustments. Save this manual for future reference.
Primer Bulb
Starter Housing
Bar Oil Fill Cap
Chain
Front Hand Guard/
Chain Brake
Front Handle
Starter Rope
ON/STOP
Switch
Choke/
Fast Idle
Lever
Fuel Mix Fill Cap
Bar
Sprocket
Hole
Muffler