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regulations exist, you are legally
responsible for maintaining the operating
condition of these parts. Failure to do so is
aviolation of the law.Refer to the SERVICE
section for maintenance of the Spark
Arrestor.
Failureto follow all Safety Rules and Precau-
tions can result in serious injury. If situations
occur which are not covered in this manual,
use careand good judgement. If you need
assistance, contact yourAuth orized Service
Dealer.
ASSEMBLY
The assembly tool provided with your saw
is the only tool needed for assembly. Pro-
tective gloves (not provided) should be
worn during assembly.

ATTACHING THE BAR & CHAIN

(If not already attached)
WARNING: Recheck each asse mbly
step if the saw is received assembled. Al-
wayswear gloves whenhandling the chain.
The chain is sharp and can cut you even
when it is not moving!
SLoosen and remove the clamp nuts and
the bar clamp from the saw.
SRemove the plastic shipping space r (if
present).
Bar
Clamp
Clamp Nuts
Assembly
Tool
Shipping
Spacer
SAnadjusting pin and screw isused to ad-
just the tension of the chain. It is very im-
portant when assembling the bar, that the
pin located on the adjusting screw aligns
into a hole in the bar.
Adjustment
Screw
STurn the adjusting screw counterclock-
wise to move the adjusting pin almost as
far as it will go to the rear. This should al-
lowthe pin to be near the correct position.
Furtheradjustment maybe necessary as
you mount the bar.
SMount the bar as illustrated.
SSlide the bartow ard the rear of the saw as
far as possible.
SPreparethe chain by checking the proper
direction. Without following the illustration
itis easy to place the chain on the saw the
wrongdirection. Use the illustration of the
chain to determine the proper direction.
Proper chain direction
Tip of Bar
SPlace the chain onto the sprocket located
behind the clutch drum. Fit the chain be-
tween the teeth in the sprocket.
SStart atthe top of the bar and fit chain into
groove around the guide bar.
SAfter chain is installed, pull bar forward
untilchain is snug in the groove of the bar.
SHold guide bar against the saw frame
making sure the adjusting pin is aligned
with the hole in the bar. Remember this
pinmoves the bar forward and backward
as screw is turned. Install the bar clamp.
SReplace the bar clamp nuts and tighten
finger tight. Once the chain is tensioned
you will need to tighten bar clamp nuts.
CHAIN TENSION (Including units with
chain already installed)
NOTE:When adjusting chain tension,
make sure the barnuts are finger tightonly.
Attempting to tension the chain when the
bar nuts are tight can cause damage.

Checking the tension:

Use the screwdriver end of thecombination
screwdriver/wrench tool to move the chain
aroundthe bar.If the chain doe s not rotate, it
istoo tight. If too loose, the chain will sag be-
low the bar.