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4. MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE
Before inspecting, cleaning or servincing the unit, stop the motor, wait for all moving
parts to stop, and remove the battery pack. Failure to follow these instructions can result
in serious personal injury or properly damage.
a. General maintenance
Avoid using solvents when cleaning plastic parts. Most plastics are susceptible to damage
from various types of commercial solvents and may be damaged by their use. Use celan
cloths to remove dirt, dust, oil, grase, etc.
Do not at anytime let brake fluids, gasolline, petroleum-based products, prenetrating oils,
etc come in contact with plastic parts. Chemical can damage, weaken or destroy plastic,
which could resul in serious personal injury.
All pole saw service, other than the items listed in these maintenance instructions, should
be performed by competent pole service personnel.
b. Chain tension
Never touch or adjust the chain while the motor is running. The saw chain is very sharp;
always wear protective gloves when performing maintenance to the chain
Stop the motor and remove the battery pack before setting the chain tension.
Make sure the chain cover knob, Fig 16, is loose to finger tight. Use a hex key to turn the
chain tensioning allen screw clockwise to tension the chain, Fig 17.
Do not over-tension the chain as this will lead to excessive wear and will reduce the life of
the bar and bar chain. Overtensionning also reduces the amount of cuts you will get per
battery charge.
NOTE: A cold chain is correctly tensioned when there is no slack on the underside of the
guide bar, the chain is snug, but it can be turned by hand without binding.
The chain must be re-tensioned whenever the flats, Fig 18 (A) on the drive links hang out
of the bar groove as shown in Fig 18.
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