Replacing The Bar Bolt; Repairing Damaged Threads - RedMax GZ5000 Workshop Manual

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Repair Instructions

7.27 Replacing the bar bolt

Replacing a bar bolt with intact crankcase

Empty the oil tank.

Knock in the old bar bolts from the outside so that

they end up in the oil tank.

Remove the bolts from the oil tank.

Attach a wire to the head of the bar bolt, lower the

wire through the oil tank and out through the bolt

opening in the crankcase. See figure 83.

Pull out the bar bolt so that it protrudes from its

opening. See figure 83.

Fig 83

Pull out the bar bolt with its nut. Insert a spacer

between the nut and the crankcase. See figure 83.

Fill with chain oil.

If threads on the chainsaw are worn, the repa-

ration kit, 503 27 33-01, is available.

First drill with:

6.1 mm drill for the magnesium crankcase

Then screw in the thread plug using a suitable

screw and wrench.

This type of screw plug is ideal for plastic

Fig 84

and magnesium but cannot be used to repair

threads in aluminium. There is another type of

thread plug and metric screw available for this

purpose. See figure 84. Check the manufac-

turer's manual for thread information.

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