Attaching The Bar And Chain - Craftsman 358.34160 Operator's Manual

¢, ATTACHING THE BAR AND CHAIN
• Your saw is equipped with a Reduced-Kickback
Guide Bar and a Low-Kickback Chain.
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Use only the Reduced.Kickback Guide Bar and
Low-Kickback Chain specified for your chain saw
m odel: when replacing these parts, See "Specifi-
cations;' page 2.
|CAUTION._ Wear protective gloves when hand-
ling or operating your saw, Thechain issharp and
can cut you even when it is not moving!
l AWARNING
Avoid accidental starting. Always unplug the saw
from the power source before installing a bar and/or
chain.
1, Remove the Bar Clamp Nuts & Bar Clamp
Housing,
2. Turnthe AdjustingScrew counterclockwise t o move
the AdjustingPin almostas Parasitwillgotothe rear.
Figure 8.
3 Placethe Guide Bar on the saw byfittingthe long
slot in the Guide Bar over the two mountingstuds.
Figure 9,
NOTE: BesuretheGuideBar ispositioned withthe
• roundhole belowthe largeslot,
4. Hold chain with cutters facing as shown in
Figure 10.
5. Place the chain around the sprocket and fit the
drive Jinks into the Guide Bar grooves-- first the
top and then the bottom groove. Figure 11.
6. Slide the bar forward and fitthe adjustingpin into
the round hold in the Guide Bar.
7. Hold the Guide Bar against the saw frame and
install the Bar Clamp Housing. Figure 12. . ..
8, 'SecuretheBarClamp Housingwith the BarClamp
Nuts untilfinger tighton/y.
9. Follow"Chain Tension"Instructions on nextpage.
TURN ADJUSTING SCREW
COUNTE
• Figure 8
Figure g
CUTTERSMUST
FACE IN DIRECTION
OF ROTATION
Figure 10
FIT CHAIN AROUND
SPROCKET AND
GUIDE BAR
Figure 11
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SECURE
BARCLAMP
HOUSING
......BARCLAMP N_U. 1"S
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0 Figure 12