Use And Care Manual

3. Starting at the tip, mount the chain drive links into the bar

groove, leaving a loop at the back of the bar. The chain will

loosely t until it is placed on the sprocket (Fig. 3).

NOTE: Make certain of the direction of the chain. If

the chain is mounted backwards, the saw will vibrate

abnormally and will not cut.

4. Hold the chain in position on the bar and place the loop

around the sprocket. Fit the bar ush against the mounting

surface so that the bar studs are in the long slot of the bar

and the adjusting pin is in the chain tension pin hole

(Fig. 4).

NOTE: If the adjusting pin will not reach the chain tension pin

hole, turn the chain tensioning screw counter-clockwise until

the pin hole aligns with the adjusting pin.

5. While keeping the bar and chain ush against the

mounting surface, adjust the chain tension as needed

by adjusting the chain tensioner screw with the supplied

at-tip blade screwdriver. Turn the chain tensioner screw

clockwise to tightening the chain, or counter-clockwise to

loosen the chain (Fig. 5).

6. Replace the chain/sprocket end cover by inserting the rear

tab rst into the rear tab slot and position the cover over

the bar end. Tighten the end cover nut; leave the bar loose

enough to move slightly for tension adjustment (Fig. 6).

Fig. 3

Loop

Fig. 4

Sprocket

Bar studs

Chain tension pin hole

(with adjusting pin)

Fig. 5

Chain tensioner

screw

Blade screwdriver

Fig. 6

Rear

tab

End cover nut

Chain/sprocket

end cover