REPLACING THE BAR AND CHAIN
See Figures 14 - 16.
WARNING:
To avoid possible serious injury, stop the motor
and remove the battery pack before replacing
the bar, chain, or performing any maintenance
operation.
Remove the combination wrench from the stor-
age area.
With the combination wrench, remove the chain
cover screw, washer, and chain cover.
The bar contains a slot that fits over the mount-
ing post. The bar also contains a chain tension-
ing pin hole which fits over the chain tensioning
pin inside the chain cover.
Place the bar onto the mounting post.
Fit the chain over the sprocket and into the bar
groove. The cutters on the top of the bar should
face toward the bar tip, in the direction of the
chain rotation.
SPROCKET
MOUNTING
CHAIN
TENSIONING
PIN HOLE
CHAIN
TENSIONING PIN
MAINTENANCE
MOUNTING
POST SLOT
POST
CHAIN
BAR
COVER
CHAIN
LOCK
COVER
WASHER
SCREW
Fig. 14
Replace the chain cover ensuring that the chain
tensioning pin in the cover is in the chain ten-
sioning pin hole in the bar.
NOTE: If necessary, rotate the chain tensioning
screw counterclockwise until the pin and hole
can be aligned.
Reinstall the washer and screw. Tighten the
screw finger tight only. The bar must be free to
move for tension adjustment.
Remove all slack from chain by turning the chain
tensioning screw clockwise, assuring that the
chain seats into the bar groove during tensioning.
Tighten the chain cover screw securely.
SPROCKET
CHAIN
TENSIONING
SCREW
16 — English
CHAIN
ROTATION
CHAIN
MOUNTING
POST
COMBINATION
WRENCH
Fig. 15
Fig. 16