Attaching The Bar And Chain - Craftsman 358.354871 Owner's Manual

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D. ATTACHING THE BAR AND CHAIN
H •
ICAUTION:]Wear protective gloves when han-
.... dling or operating your saw. The chain is sharp. " "
and can cut you even when it is not moving!
• Your saw is equipped with a Lo-Klck® Guide
Bar and a Low.Kick chain designed to help
reduce kickback.
e.Always use the Lo-KiclP Guide Bar and Low-
:Kick Chain specified for your chain saw
_model, when replacing these parts.
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_ WARNING!
Donot start engine without guide bar and chain
completely assembled. Otherwise the clutch
can come off and sedous personal injury could-
resulL
a, Install theJnner, Guicle Pla-te Over the'bar-,
' .;n_;Gbnting studs. Figur_ 3;, : ,, .....i :_ _:
.... NO_ Be sure the Inner Guide Plate curves
o!_flanges toward the saw frame away from
' the Guide Bar. Figure 4.
,,b, Mount the Guide Bar with the slotted end
over thebar mounting studs.: Figure 5.
NOTE: Be sure the Guide Bar is positioned
with the round hole below the large slot.
Figure 5
c. Hold Chain with cutters facing as shown in ,
....
Figure 6.
d. Place chain over and behind the clutch
'_ drum onto the sprocket.
e. Slide Guide Bar to the rear of the saw as far
as possible.
f. Fit the bottom of the drive links between
the teeth in the sprocket.
g. Start at the top of the bar and fit the chain
drive links into the groove around the Guide
Bar. Figure 6.
h. Pull the Guide-Bar forward until the chain is
, .:snug in the guide bar groove. Figure 7.
i. Install the Outer guide plate.
NOTE: Be sure both the inner and outer
guide bar plates curve or flange outward
from the Guide Bar. Figure 4.
j. Install the Bar Clamp by sliding the bar
clamp over the mounting studs and ,fitting
.... -_ the bar adjusting, pin into tlTe round hole_on -......
• the Guide Bar. Figure 8.
k. Replace the Bar Mounting Nuts and tighten
finger tight only.
NOTE: The Bar Clamp nuts must be slightly
loose to tension the chain correctly.
1. Follow "Chain Tension" instructions, page 7.
Figure 6
ADJUSTING PIN HOLE
Figure 7
BAR ADJUSTING PIN
Figure 8