5.Slide guide bar behind sprocket until guide bar stops against sprocket.

6.Remove the old chain.

7.Carefully remove new chain from pack- age. Hold chain with the drive links as shown.

Cutter

Tip of

Bar

Drivelink

CUTTERS MUST FACE IN

DIRECTION OF ROTATION

Cutters

Depth Gauge

 

Drive Links

CHAIN ADJUSTMENT

See CHECK CHAIN TENSION in MAINTE- NANCE section.

REPLACING THE LINE

1.Remove spool by firmly pulling on tap button.

2.Clean entire surface of hub and spool.

3.Replace with a pre-wound spool, or cut two lengths of 12-1/2 feet of 0.080(2 mm) di- ameter Poulan PRO brand line.

WARNING: Never use wire, rope, string, etc., which can break off and become a dangerous missile.

4.Insert ends of the lines about 1/2 inch (1 cm) into the small holes on the inside of spool.

Spool

Small

Holes

Line exit holes

Line in Notch

Hub

Line in Notch

8.Place chain over sprocket, fitting the drive links in the sprocket.

9.Fit bottom of drive links between the teeth in the sprocket in the nose of the guide bar.

10.Fit chain drive links into bar groove.

11.Pull guide bar forward until chain is snug in guide bar groove. Ensure all drive links are in the bar groove.

12.Now, install bar clamp making sure the adjusting pin is positioned in the lower hole in the guide bar.

Lower

Hole

Adjusting Pin

Guide Bar

13.Install bar clamp nut and finger tighten only. Do not tighten any further at this point. Proceed to the CHAIN ADJUST- MENT section.

5.Wind the line evenly and tightly onto the spool. Wind in the direction of the arrows found on the spool.

6.Push the lines into the notches, leaving 3 to 5 inches (7 -- 12 cm) unwound.

7.Insert the lines into the the exit holes in the hub as shown in the illustration.

8.Align the notches with the line exit holes.

9.Push spool into hub until it snaps into place.

10.Pull the lines extending outside of the hub to release the lines from the notches.

REPLACING THE TRIMMER HEAD

1.Hold the dust cup with a wrench to keep the shaft from turning while removing and installing trimmer head.

Dust Cup

2.Remove trimmer head by turning counter- clockwise (looking from bottom of unit).

3.Thread replacement trimmer head onto the shaft by turning clockwise. Only tighten hand tight!

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Poulan PP446ET, 545177333 instruction manual Chain Adjustment, Replacing the Line, Replacing the Trimmer Head

PP446ET, 545177333 specifications

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