Cutting Equipment - Husqvarna CS 2186 Operator's Manual

Cutting equipment

This section describes how to choose and maintain your
cutting equipment in order to:
• Reduce the risk of kickback.
• Reduce the risk of the chain breaking or jumping.
• Obtain maximum cutting performance.
• Extend the life of cutting equipment.
General rules
• Only use cutting equipment recommended by us!
See the Technical data section.
• Keep the chain's cutting teeth properly sharpened!
Follow our instructions and use the recommended file
gauge. A damaged or badly sharpened chain increases
the risk of accidents.
• Maintain the correct raker clearance! Follow our
instructions and use the recommended raker gauge.
Too large a clearance increases the risk of kickback.
• Keep the chain properly tensioned! If the chain is slack
it is more likely to jump off and lead to increased wear on
the bar, chain and drive sprocket.
• Keep cutting equipment well lubricated and properly
maintained! A poorly lubricated chain is more likely to
break and lead to increased wear on the bar, chain and
drive sprocket.
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Cutting equipment designed to minimise
kickback
WARNING! Faulty cutting equipment or the
!
wrong combination of bar and chain
increases the risk of kickback! Use only the
bar and chain combinations that we
recommend. See the Technical data section.
The only way to avoid kickback is to make sure that the
kickback zone of the bar never touches anything.
By using cutting equipment with "built-in" kickback reduction
and keeping the chain sharp and well-maintained you can
reduce the effects of kickback.
Bar
The smaller the tip radius the smaller the kickback zone and
the lower the chance of kickback.
Chain
A chain is made up of a number of links, which are available
in standard and low-kickback versions.
None
Cutting link
Drive link
Side link
Combining these links in different ways gives different
degrees of kickback reduction. In terms of kickback reduction
alone, four different types of link are available.
Level of
kickback Cutting link Drive link
reduction
Low
Standard
High
Extra high
Low-
Standard
kickback
Side link