General Safety Precautions; Tensioning The Chain - Husqvarna 395XP Quick Manual

• Always hold the saw with both hands. The right hand
should be on the rear handle, and the left hand on the
front handle. All people, whether right or left handed,
should use this grip. Use a firm grip with thumbs and
fingers encircling the chain saw handles.
Stopping
The engine is stopped by pushing the stop switch to the
stop position.

GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Tensioning the chain

WARNING! A slack chain may jump off and cause
serious or even fatal injury.
The more you use a chain the longer it becomes. It is
therefore important to adjust the chain regularly to take up
the slack.
Check the chain tension every time you refuel. NOTE! A
new chain has a running-in period during which you should
check the tension more frequently. Tension the chain as
tightly as possible, but not so tight that you cannot pull it
round freely by hand.
• Undo the bar nuts that hold the clutch cover/chain
brake. Use the combination spanner. Then tighten the
bar nuts by hand as tight as you can.
• Raise the tip of the bar and stretch the chain by
tightening the chain tensioning screw using the combination
spanner. Tighten the chain until it does not sag from the
underside of the bar.
• Use the combination spanner to tighten the bar nuts
while lifting the tip of the bar at the same time. Check
that you can pull the chain round freely by hand and
that it does not sag from the underside of the bar.
The position of the chain tensioning screw on our chain
saws varies from model to model. See instructions under
the heading What is what? to find out where it is on your
model.
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