Chain Tension - Craftsman 358.351062 Operator's Manual

KNOWYOUR SAW
READ THIS OPERATOR'S MANUAL
AND SAFETY RULES BEFORE OPERAT-
ING YOUR CHAIN SAW. Comparethe illustrations withyour unitto familiarize
yourselfwith the location of the variouscontrolsa_d a_justments.Save this
manualfor future reference.
ChainAdjust-
ment Toot
Hand
Chain
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FrontHandle
Starter Rope
ON/STOP
Switch
Pdmer
Bulb
BarOil FillCap Housing Fuel Mix RII Cap
Cylinder C overn
Fast idle\ I
Throt_eL k
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Throttle Choke. _. Chain BarClamp Nuts u e Bar
Tdgger Knob uaru_ampCatcher
THRO'I-I'LE LOCKOUT CHAIN TENSION
The throttlelockout mustbepressed It is normalfor a new chainto stretch
beforeyou can squeezethe throttletrig- duringfirst30 minutesofoperation.You
get. This feature preventsyou from ac- shouldcheckyourchaintensionfre-
cidentallysqueezingthe trigger, quently.See Chain Tensionunder the
FAST IDLE LOCK Service and Adjustments section.
The fast idle lockholdsthe throttle trig-
ger in the startingposition.Thisallows
you to hold the front handleand pull the
ropeduringstarting.Activatethe fast
idlelock by first pressingthethrottle
lockoutand squeezingthe throttletrig-
ger. With the throttletdggersqueezed,
press the fast idlelock.Release the
throttle lockoutand triggerwhileholding
the fast idle lock button.
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