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3. Turn
adjusting
screw
clockwise
untl
chain solidly
contacts
bottom of guide
bar rail.
4. Using bar tool, roll chain around guide
bar to ensure all links are in bar groove.
5. Lift up tip of guide bar to check for sag.
Release tip of guide bar, then turn adjust-
ing screw until sag does not exist.
6. While tffing fip of guide bar, fighten chain
brake nuts securely with the bar tool.
7. Use the screwdriver end of the bar tool to
move chain around guide bar.
8.
If chain does not rotate, it is too tight.
Slightly
loosen
chain
brake
nuts and
loosen
chain by turning
the adjusting
screw
counterclockwise.
Refighten
chain brake nuts.
9.
If chain is too Icose, it will sag below the
guide ban DO NOT operate the saw if
the chain is loose.
_WARNING:
If the saw is operated
with a loose chain, the chain could jump off
the guide bar and result in serious injury.
BAR MAINTENANCE
If your saw cuts to one side, has to be forced
through the cut, or been run with an improper
amount of bar lubrication
it may be neces-
sary to service your ban A worn bar will dam-
age your chain and make cutting difficult.
After each use, ensure ON/STOP
switch is
in the STOP position, then clean all sawdust
from the guide bar and sprocket hole.
To maintain guide bar:
• Move ON/STOP switch to the STOP posi-
tion.
• Loosen and remove chain brake nLtS and
chain brake.
Remove bar and chain from
saw.
• Clean the oil holes and bargroove after each
5 hours of operation.
Remove Sawdust From
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Guide Bar _oo_
• Burring
of guide
bar rails is a normal
process of rail wear. Remove these burrs
with a flat file.
• When rail top is uneven, use a fiat file to re-
store square edges and sides.
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Fte Rail Edges_r]
rl
and Sides
I U I
Square
I
I
Worn Groove
Correct Groove
Replace guide bar when the groove is worn,
the guide bar is bent or cracked,
or when
excess heating or burring of the rails occurs.
If replacement is necessary, use only the guide
bar specified for your saw in the repair parts list
or on the decal located on the chain saw.
AIR FILTER
CAUTION:
Do not clean filter in gasoline or
other flammable
solvent to avoid creating a
fire hazard or producing harmful evaporative
emissions.
Cleaning
the air filter:
A dirty air filter decreases
engine perform-
ance and increases
fuel consumption
and
harmful emissions.
Always clean after every
5 hours of operation.
1. Clean the cover and the area around it to
keep dirt and sawdust
from falling
into
the carburetor chamber when the cover
is removed.
2.
Remove the parts as illustrated below.
3. Wash the filter in soap and water. Rinse
in clean cool water.
Air dry completely
before reinstalling.
4.
Reinstall parts.
Cylinder
Air Filter
Cover
Cover
SPARK
PLUG
The spark plug should
be replaced
each
year to ensure the engine starts easier and
runs better. Ignition timing is fixed and non-
adjustable.
1. Loosen 3 screws on cylinder cover.
2.
Remove the cylinder cover.
3. Pull off the spark plug boot.
4.
Remove spark plug from cylinder
and
discard.
5.
Replace with Champion
RCJ-7Y
spark
plug and tighten securely with a 19 mm
socket wrench.
Spark plug gap should
be 0,5 mm.
6.
Reinstall the spark plug boot.
7.
Reinstall
the
cylinder
cover
and
3
screws.
Tighten securely.
Screws
_
_
Cylinder
Spark'
;
Plug Boot
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Spark _
_
Plug
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