Preparing Your Saw For Use; Attaching The Barand Chain - Craftsman 358.355060 Operator's Manual

PREPARING YOUR SAW FOR USE
A. GEl"rING READY ......... _ 2. HAVE THE FOLLOWING AVAILABLE:
1, READ YOUR OPERATOR'S a. Protective gloves
b. Approved, markedfuel container
.... c. One gallon regulargasoline
MANUAL
CAREFULLY.
Your Operator's Manual has been developed
to help you prepare your saw for use and to
understand its safe operation. It is important
that you read your manual completely to
become familiar with =the unit before you
begin assembly.
d. One-half pint, 2-cycle, air-cooled engine oil
provided with your unit.
e. Barand Chain Lubricant (see page 9.)
f. Bar Adjusting Tool provided with your unit.
One end of the tool serves as a wrench; the
other can be used as a screwdriver. No other
too! is necessary for assembly.
B. ATTACHING THE BAR AND CHAIN _
• Your saw is equipped with a Lo.Kick _ Guide
Bar and a Guard Link Chain designed to help
reduce kickback. ._
• Always use the Lo-Kick_ Guide Bar, and r _ ,
Guard Link Chain designed for your par. .
ticular chain .saw, when replacing these
parts.
tCAUT!ON:{ Wear protective gloves when harv'
dling or operating your saw; The chain is sharp _
and can cut you even when it isnot moving!
1. Remove the following parts as shown in
Figure 2, using the Bar Adjusting T0ol pro-,
vided with the unit. _
a. BarClamp Nut.
b. Rear BarCtamp Screw.
c. Bar Clamp.
2. Turn the Adjusting Screw counterclockwise
to move the Adjusting Pin almost as
far as it will go to the rear. Figure 2.
7, Lower the Guide Bar; fit the adjusting pin
into the round hole below the large slot; fit
the large slot on the mounts on either side of
the Bar Stud. Figure 3 and 5,
8. Hold the Guide Bar against the saw frame
and install the Bar Clamp.
Figure 2
3. Hold chain with cutters facing as shown in
Figure 3.
4.Place c hain o ver andbehind t heCtutch drum,
onto the sprocket. Figure 3.
5. Place the Guide Bar on the saw by fitting the
long slot in the Guide Bar over the Bar Stud.
Figure 4.
NOTE: Be sure the Guide Bar is positioned
with the adjusting pin hole below the large
slot.
BAR STUD
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. Figure 3
I WARNING! _1
Never install the bar upside down to avoid increas-
ing the hazard of kickback. = .......
6. Hold the Guide Bar at a 45 degree angle to
the saw and fit the chain into the Guide = Bar
grooves -- first, the top groove and then, the
bottom groove.
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Figure 4
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