Handle Housing - Stihl 020 T Service Manual

8.8

Handle Housing

• Remove the chain sprocket
cover - see 3.1.
• Remove the carburetor –
see 10.2.1.
• Remove the washer (1) and
sleeve (2).
• Take out the lower front handle
(1) mounting screw.
• Remove lower screw (2) from
front annular buffer. Note that
groud wire (3) is secured with
this screw.
• Remove center screw from front
annular buffer.
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• Remove center screw from rear
annular buffer.
• Raise handle housing slightly and
push manifold flange out of intake
opening in handle housing at the
same time.
• Pull the impulse hose off the
nipple.
• Disconnect short circuit wire
from the contact spring.
Install in the reverse sequence.
• Fit the manifold in the handle
housing intake opening as
follows: Wind a piece of string
(approx. 15 cm / 6" long) around
the back of the manifold flange
and pass the ends of the string
through the intake opening.
• Push the handle housing against
the manifold and pull the ends of
the string outward at the same time.
Note: The manifold flange is thus
pulled through the handle housing
intake opening without damaging the
manifold.
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