Installingthe Bar And Chain - Sears Craftsman 358.352030 Owner's Manual

Rear Bar Clamp_
Screw J
Figure I
Figure 2
Figure 3
INSTALLING THE BAR AND CHAIN
_r Always wear gloves when handling the chain!
It is sharp!
1. Remove the bar clamp nut and rear bar clamp screw
(FigUre !}. Turn the adjusting screw, setting the pin all
the way to the rear (See Figure 5).
2. Place the guide bar slot over the mounting pins and slide it
to the rear (Figure 2).
3. Fit the chain over the clutch aod onto the guide bar. Be
sure the cutters face the way shown in Figure 3.
4. Slide the bar forward placing the adjusting pin into the
hole in the bar (Figure 4). The pin can be moved farther
back by turning the adjusting screw (Figure 5)
counterclockwise,
5. Replace the bar clamp and tighten the bar clamp nut
FINGER TIGHT.
• 6. NOTE: Be sure fuel line is in slot in fan housing. (See
Figure 1).
7. Holding the tip of the bar up (Figure 5) turn the adjusting
screw clockwise 41_ until the chain is snug on the bar.
8. Lift the chain from the bar near the middle of the bar
(Figure 6}. When tensioned right, the chain wilt lift about
1/8" from the bar. Figure 6 shows the right tension.
Adjust y<_ur chain until it looks like this.
g. Hold the bar tip up and _ighten the bar clamp nutfirmly.
Replace the rear housing screw. (See that fuel line is not
pind_ed and is in slot in fan housing).
10. The chain should not sag below the bar and should move
freely around the bar.
CHAIN STRETCHES WHEN USED. CHEdK THE
TENSION OFTEN!
Figure 4
Figure 5
Figure 6