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chain is pinched or otherwise caught in the cut. Clutch slippage can cause excessive heat, leading to severe damage of the motor housing, clutch and oiler component and may interfere with the operation of the chain brake. If clutch slippage in excess of 3 seconds has occurred, allow the motor housing to cool before proceeding and check the operation of your chain brake as described in the chapter entitled "Chain Brake" of your instruction manual. Also make sure that the saw chain is not turning at idle speed (see above at "Important Adjustments").
Low Kickback Saw Chain and Reduced Kickback Bars
STIHL offers a variety of bars and saw chains. STIHL reduced kickback bars and low kickback saw chains are designed to reduce the risk of kickback injury. Other saw chains are designed to achieve higher cutting performance or sharpening ease, but in turn are more prone to kickback.
STIHL has developed a color code system to help you identify the STIHL reduced kickback bars and low kickback saw chains. Cutting attachments with green warning labels on the packaging are designed to reduce the risk of kickback injury. The matching of green marked or labeled chain saws under
3.8cubic inches (62 cm³) displacement with green labeled bars and green labeled saw chains gives compliance with the computed kickback angle requirements of the chain saw standard when the products are in their original condition. Products with yellow labels are for users with extraordinary cutting
needs, having experience and specialized training for dealing with kickback.
STIHL recommends the use of its green labeled reduced kickback bars, green labeled low kickback saw chains and a chain saw equipped with a STIHL Quickstop chain brake for both experienced and inexperienced chain saw users.
Please ask your STIHL dealer to properly match your chain saw with the appropriate bar / saw chain combination to reduce the risk of kickback injury. Green labeled bars and saw chains are recommended for all chain saws.
WARNING
Use of other,
WARNING
Reduced kickback bars and low kickback saw chains do not prevent kickback, but they are designed to reduce the risk of kickback injury. They are available from your STIHL dealer.
WARNING
Even if your saw is equipped with a Quickstop, a reduced kickback bar and / or low kickback saw chain, this does not
eliminate the risk of injury by kickback. Therefore, always observe all safety precautions to avoid kickback situations.
Low Kickback Saw Chain
Some types of saw chains have specially designed components to reduce the force of nose contact kickback. STIHL has developed low kickback saw chain for your chain saw.
A "low kickback saw chain" is a saw chain that has met the kickback performance requirements of ANSI/OPEI
WARNING
There are potential chain saw and bar combinations with which low kickback saw chains can be used which have not been specifically certified to comply with the 45° computer derived kickback angle of the chain saw standard. Some low kickback saw chains have not been tested with all chain saw and bar combinations.
WARNING
A blunt or incorrectly sharpened saw chain may reduce or negate the effects of the design features intended to reduce kickback energy. Improper lowering or sharpening of the depth gauges as well as changing the shape of the cutters may increase the risk and the energy of kickback. Always cut with a properly sharpened saw chain.
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