Kickback Safety Features - Echo CS-300, CS-340, CS-345 Instruction Manual

INFORMATION

Kickback Safety Features

The following features are recommended for this model as Kickback Safety Features.
• Double Guard Low Kick Type Guide Bar or Asymmetrical Low Kick Type Guide Bar
Note: Your saw chain can be equipped with either of these bars.
Double Guard Bar
NOTE
Use Oregon ® replacement guide bars.
The following guide bars may be considered to have equivalent kickback energy.
• Sprocket nose guide bars of the same length and nose radius, same pitch and having the same number of teeth.
• A hard nose guide bar having the same length and nose radius as a sprocket nose bar.
• Low Kick Guard Link Type Saw Chain
The low kick guard link chain must be maintained correctly. Follow instruction "SETTING THE CHAIN" in Instruction
Manual.
• Front Hand Guard (Chain Brake Actuating Lever)
The front handle guard must be installed correctly and kept in good condition.
• Chain Brake
Chain brake must be maintained correctly. Follow instruction "CORRECT USE OF CHAIN BRAKE" in Instruction
Manual.
Using improper replacement components or removing safety devices may result in serious or fatal injury.
Reduced nose
radius
WARNING DANGER
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