Poulan 3300 manual Chain Tension, Correct chain tension is very important

. Mount the guide bar. Mount the slotted end of the guide bar over the bar studs and the hole under the slot on the adjusting pin. Figure 7.

4.Hold chain with cutters facing as shown in Figure 8.

. Place chain over and behind the clutch drum onto the sprocket and fit the bottom of the drive links between the teeth in the sprocket.

,Start at the top of the bar and fit the chain drive links into the groove around the guide bar. Figure 8.

. Turn the adjusting screw clockwise _ until the chain is snug in the guide bar groove. Figure 9.

,Install the bar clamp, replace the bar mounhng nuts, then tighten the nuts finger tight only

9.Follow "Chain Tension" instructions below.

D. CHAIN TENSION

•Correct chain tension is very important:

--aloose chain will wear the bar and itself.

--aloosechaincanjumpoff the bar while you are cutting.

--a tight chain can damage the saw andlor break.

•The chain stretches during use, especially when new. Check tension:

--each time the saw is used

--more frequently when the chain is new

as the chain warms up to normal operating temperature

•Chain tension is correct when the chain:

--can be lifted about 1/8" from the guide bar at a point near the middle of the bar, and

--will move freely around the bar.

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•Chain tensioning procedure:

NOTE: The bar clamp nuts must be no more than finger tight to tension the chain correctly.

1.Hold the tip of the guide bar up and turn the adjusting screw just until the chain does not sag beneath the guide bar. Figure 11.

NOTE:Turn screw clockwise _ to tighten tension. Turn screw counterclockwise A---toloosen tension.

2Check the tension by lifting the chain from the guide bar at the center of the bar. Figure 12.

3.Continue turning the adjusting screw until the tension is correct.

4.Hold the tip of the guide bar up and securely tighten the bar clamp nuts with the scrench.

5. Recheck tension. See Figure 10.

CHAIN	CAN	BE		_1
LIFTED	!18" AT			_-	t	O_'_""¥'x'._-.O-_
CENTER OF BAR				A("		-	//	- --
WHEN TENSION			/_		!		_-_../_	1/8"
IS CORRECT.			_	_
	.....	1/8"_,L.'_

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