Attaching The Bar And Chain - Sears Craftsman 358.356091 Important Manual

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D, ATTACHING THE BAR AND CHAIN
JCAUT!ON:JWear protective gloves when ban.
dling or operating your saw. The chain is sharp
and can cut you even when it is not moving!
• Your saw is equipped with a Reduced-Kickback
Guide Bar and a Low-Kickback Chain.
• Use only the Reduced-Kickback Guide Bar and
Low-Kickback Chain specified for your chain
saw model, when replacing these parts. See
•'Specifications:'
AWARNING
i Do not sta.. rt engine without guide bar an.d chain
completely assembled: Otherwise, zne czutcn can
com_ on ano serious injury can result.
1. Install the inner Guide Plate (has two slots)over
the bar mountingstuds, .
NOTE: Be sure the InnerGuide Plate curves
or flanges toward the saw frame away from
the Guide_Bar. Figure9.
2. Mount the Guide Bar with the slotted end
over the bar mounting studs. Figure 10.
NOTE: Be sure the Guide Bar is positioned
with the round hole below the large slot.
Figure8
j.... _ GUIDE
/ OUTER PLATE
PLACE ON OUTSIDE
OF GUIDE BAR)
INNER GUIDE
PLATE ( 2 SLOTS)
BAR
STUDS
SAW .... !
(PLACE AGAINST CRANKCAS_
Figure9
3. Hold chain with cutters facing as shown in
Figure 11.
4. Place chain over and behind the clutch
drum onto the sprocket.
5. Slide Guide Bar to the rear of the saw as far
as possible,
NOTE; Itmay be necessarytothreadthe adjusting
pin in orout for the guide barto align properly.
6. Fit the bottom of the drive links between
the teeth in the sprocket.
7. Start at the top of the bar and fit the chain
drive links into the groove around the Guide
Bar. Figure 11.
8. Pull the Guide Bar forward until the chain is
snug in the guide bar groove. Figure 12.
9. Install the outer guid e pla_e (one slot). Figure 9
and 12.
10. Slide the Bar Clamp Housing over the mounting
studs and fit the bar adjusting pin (Figure 13) into
the adjusting pin hole in the Guide Bar. Figure12.
11. Replace the Bar Mounting Nuts and tighten finger
tightonly. Tighten Bar Mounting nuts after chain is
tensioned.
NOTE: Thread the bar adjusting pin (Figure 13,14)
in or out as necessaryto fit the adjusting pin in the
hole in the guide bar (Figure 10.)
12. Follow instructions in the "ChainTension"section,
Figure 11
OUTER GUIDE
BAR PLATE
Figure 12 "
BAR ADJUSTING PIN
4_ 6
Figure 13