Stihl 064 Service Manual page 69

STIHL 064, 066
Top and center:
Front handle mounting screws
Bottom:
Wires threaded through grommet
in carburetor box
Wires correctly positioned in rear
handle recess
- Take out the four screws and
remove the front handle.
Important: The special screws
used for polymer joints are se-
cured with Loctite. Always heat the
screwed joint before loosening,
e.g. with a hair dryer. Take care
not to overheat the polymer.
- Pull both wires through the grom-
met and out of the carburetor box.
Reverse the above sequence to fit
the new front handle.
Note: Secure the handle mounting
screws with Loctite - see 12.2.
Check that wire 2 of the front
handle heating element and the
generator wire 1 are properly
positioned in the rear handle.
9.5 Generator
1 = Insulating tube
2 = Male connector
3 = Female connector
- Remove the air filter - see 11.1.
- Remove the shroud - see 3.2.
- Remove the flywheel - see 5.1.5.
- Remove the ignition module
- see 5.1.6.2.
- On 066, pull the male connector
out of the female connector.
- Use a small screwdriver to press
down the anchor hook of the ter-
urinal pin and then pull off the pin
housing.
- Pull the insulating tube off the
connecting wire.
Note: Removal of the generator
is the same as for the 064. The
disconnection of the electrical
wires, as described below, is only
necessary on the 064.
- Take the switch shaft out of its
pivot mounts - see 8.3.
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