Echo CS-310 instruction manual Adjusting Chain Tension, Description

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Adjusting Chain Tension

DESCRIPTION

CS-310

 

 

 

5. Mount guide bar (L) on studs, and slide toward sprocket to

 

 

 

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make saw chain installation easier. Install saw chain (M) around

 

sprocket and guide bar as shown, with cutters on top of guide

 

bar facing forward.

 

 

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6.Install sprocket guard over guide bar studs. Ensure chain tension adjuster pin (N) fits into the guide bar adjuster hole, brake band (O) is positioned around clutch drum. Tighten sprocket guard nuts finger tight.

7.Turn saw over and check brake band (O) for correct position around clutch drum (P). If brake band is not in place around drum, remove sprocket guard and reinstall. Tighten guide bar nuts finger tight.

Improper sprocket guard assembly can result in serious

 

 

injury, and will cause severe saw damage if unit is started.

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Never start or operate saw if brake band is not in place on

 

 

clutch drum. Always check chain brake operation after replacing guard. Do not use saw if chain brake does not function properly.

8. Adjust saw chain tension, as instructed in “Adjustment, Chain Tension”.

Adjusting Chain Tension

Always loosen sprocket guard nuts before turning the chain tension adjuster, otherwise the sprocket guard and tensioner will be damaged.

1.Remove air cleaner cover and disconnect spark plug lead.

2.Loosen sprocket guard nuts (H).

3.Hold the bar nose up, and turn the adjuster screw (J) clockwise until chain contacts underside of the bar.

4.Tighten nuts with the bar nose held up.

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Echo CS-310 instruction manual Adjusting Chain Tension, Description