Instruction manual

7
ATTACHING THE BAR & CHAIN (If
not already attached)
WARNING: If received assembled,
repeat all steps to ensure your saw is properly
assembled and all fasteners are secure. Al-
ways wear gloves when handling the chain.
The chain is sharp and can cut you even when
it is not moving!
1. Move ON/STOP switch to the STOP
position.
2. Disengage chain brake.
3. Loosen and remove the bar nuts and the
clutch cover from the saw.
NOTE: If clutch cover can not be easily re-
moved from the chain saw, ensure chain brake
is disengaged by pulling the front hand guard
back toward the front handle as far as possible.
4. Remove the plastic shipping spacer (if
present).
Clutch Cover
Bar
Nuts
Location of
Shipping Spacer
5. An adjus ting pin and sc rew is us ed to
adjust the tension of the c hain. It is
ver y important when as s embling the
bar that the pin located on the adju st-
ing sc rew aligns into the lower hole in
the bar. Turning the s c r ew will move
the adjustment pin up and down the
sc r ew. Loc ate this adjustment before
you begin mounting the bar onto the
saw. See following illus tration.
Adjustment located on Clutch Cover
Inside
view of
Clutch
Cover
6. Turn the adjusting screw by hand coun-
terclockwise until the adjusting pin just
touches the stop. This should allow the
pin to be near the correct position.
7. Slide guide bar on bar bolts until guide
bar stops against clutch drum sprocket.
Guide
Bar
Bar
Bolts
Clutch
Drum
8. Carefully remove the chain from the pack-
age. Hold chain with the drive links as
shown.
CUTTERS MUST F ACE IN
DIIRECTION OF ROTATION
Tip of
Bar
Cutters
Depth Gauge
Drive Links
9. Place chain over and behind clutch
drum, fitting the drive links in the clutch
drum sprocket.
10. Fit bottom of drive links between the
teeth in the sprocket in the nose of the
guide bar.
11. Fit chain drive links into bar groove.
12. Pull guide bar forward until chain is snug
in guide bar groove. Ensure all drive
links are in the bar groove.
13. Now, install clutch cover making sure
the adjusting pin is positioned in the low-
er hole in the guide bar. Remember this
pin moves the bar forward and back-
ward as the screw is turned.
Clutch
Cover
Lower Hole
Guide Bar
Adjusting Pin