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MAINTENANCE
WARNING: To avoid serious personal injury, disconnect the power plug from the chain saw before inspecting, cleaning, or performing maintenance. A battery-operated tool with the power plug inserted is always on and can start accidently.
WARNING: When servicing, use only identical replacement parts. Use of any other parts may create a hazard or cause product damage.
WARNING: Always wear heavy gloves when performing any maintenance on the saw chain. Be careful of the saw chain and protect your hands from being injured by the saw chain.
WARNING: When cleaning the chain saw, DO NOT immerse it in water or other liquids.
WARNING: Do not at any time let brake fluids, gasoline, petroleum-based products, penetrating oils, etc., come in contact with plastic parts. Chemicals can damage, weaken, or destroy plastic, which may result in serious personal injury.
All chain saw service, other than the items listed in this manual, should be performed by a qualified service technician.
CLEANING
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After each use, clean debris from the chain and guide bar with a soft brush. Wipe the chain saw surface with a clean cloth moistened with a mild soap solution.
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For deep clearing, remove the side cover assembly, take down the guide bar and saw chain and then use a soft brush to thoroughly remove debris from the guide bar, saw chain, and the drive sprocket on the chain saw power head.
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Always clean out wood chips, saw dust, and dirt from the guide bar groove when replacing the saw chain.
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REMOVE DUST
1. Disconnect the power plug, allow the chain saw to cool and tighten the oil-tank cap.
2. Engage the saw brake.
3. Use combi-wrench (provided) to loosen the screw, then open the dust removal cover (Fig. 36).
4. Clean up the sawdust and chips accumulated in the cooling fin by using compressed dry air, blow it from the opposite side [air inlet]
(Fig. 37).
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Dust Removal Cover
REPLACING THE BAR AND SAW
CHAIN Air Inlet
WARNING: Never touch or adjust the chain while the motor is running. The saw chain is very sharp; always wear protective gloves when performing maintenance to the chain.
NOTICE:
When replacing the guide bar and chain, always use the specified bar and chain combination listed in the later section “ Recommended Bar and Chain for this
Chain Saw ”.
See related section: ASSEMBLING AND DISASSEMBLING THE BAR AND CHAIN
Please do the following: a) Allow the chain saw to cool. Tighten the oil-tank cap to prevent oil leakage.
b) This is a good time to inspect the drive sprocket, and brake lining for excessive wear or damage.
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CHAIN MAINTENANCE
Use only low-kickback chains on this saw. This fast cutting chain will provide kickback reduction when properly maintained.
A properly sharpened saw chain cuts through wood effortlessly, even with very little pressure. Never use a dull or damaged saw chain. A dull saw chain cutter leads to increased physical strain, increased vibration load, unsatisfactory cutting results, and increased wear.
For smooth and fast cutting, the chain needs to be maintained properly. The chain requires sharpening when the wood chips are small and powdery, the chain must be forced through the wood during cutting, or the chain cuts to one side. During maintenance of your chain, consider the following:
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Improper filing angle of the side plate can increase the risk of a severe kickback.
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Depth gauge clearance. Too low increases the potential for kickback. Not low enough decreases cutting ability.
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If cutter teeth have hit hard objects, such as nails and stones, or have been abraded by mud or sand on the wood, have the chain sharpened by a qualified service technician.
NOTICE: Inspect the drive sprocket, brake lining for wear or damage when replacing the chain. If signs of wear or damage are present in the areas indicated, have the drive sprocket, brake lining replaced by qualified service technician.
How to Sharpen the Cutters
Be careful to file all cutters (Fig. 38) to the specified angles and to the same length, as fast cutting can be obtained only when all cutters are uniform.
38 Top Plate
Side Plate
Depth
Gauge
1. Disconnect the power plug. Wear gloves for protection.
2. Make sure that the chain is properly mounted and the bar nut of the side cover assembly is fully tightened, and the chain is correctly tensioned.
3. Use a 5/32” (4.0 mm) diameter round file and holder (available separately). Do all of your filing at the middle position of the guide bar for perfect balance.
4. Keep the file level with the top plate of the tooth. Do not let the file dip or rock.
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5. Keep a correct sharpening angle of
30° between the file and the saw chain; see Fig.39& 40. Always use a file holder (available separately) when sharpening saw chains by hand. File holders have markings for the sharpening angle.
6. Using light but firm pressure, stroke towards the front corner of the tooth. Lift the file away from the steel on each return stroke.
7. Make a few firm strokes on every tooth. File all left-hand cutters in one direction. Then move to the other side and file the right-hand cutters in the opposite direction.
Occasionally remove filings from the file with a wire brush (Fig.41).
WARNING: A dull or improperly sharpened chain can cause excessive motor speed during cutting, which may result in severe motor damage.
WARNING: Improper chain sharpening increases the potential of kickback.
WARNING: Failure to replace or repair a damaged chain can cause serious injury.
39 5/32" (4.0 mm)
Round File
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Filing Direction
41 Left Hand
Cutters
Cutter tooth
Sharpening
Angle: 30°
Right Hand
Cutters
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Top Plate Sharpening Angles
(Fig. 42)
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CORRECT 30°- This optimal angle can be obtained only when the specified files and proper setting are used. File holders are marked with guide marks to align the file
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30°
Top Plate Sharpening Angles
LESS THAN 30° MORE THAN 30° properly to produce the correct top
CORRECT plate angle.
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LESS THAN 30°- The tooth is too dull for cutting.
INCORRECT INCORRECT
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MORE THAN 30°- The edge of the cutting tooth is feathered and dulls quickly.
Side Plate Sharpening Angle
(Fig. 43)
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CORRECT 80°- The optimal angle can be produced automatically if the correct diameter file is used in the file holder.
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HOOK “Grabs” and dulls quickly.
Increases potential of KICKBACK.
Results from using a file with a diameter that is too small, or a file
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CORRECT
80°
Side Plate Angle
Hook
INCORRECT
Backward Slope
INCORRECT held too low.
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BACKWARD SLOPE Needs too much feed pressure, causes excessive wear to bar and chain. Results from using a file with a diameter too large, or a file held too high.
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Depth-Gauge Clearance
1. The depth gauge should be maintained at a clearance of 0.025 in. (0.6 mm), as shown in Fig.44.
Use a depth-gauge tool (available separately) to check the depthgauge clearances.
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Depth Gauge Clearance
0.025" (0.6 mm)
2. Check the depth-gauge clearance every time the chain is filed. Use a flat file and a depth-gauge jointer
(both available separately) to lower all gauges uniformly (Fig.45). Depthgauge jointers are available from
0.020 in. to 0.035 in. (0.5 mm to
0.9 mm). Use a 0.025 in. (0.6 mm) depth-gauge jointer.
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Depth Gauge Jointer
3. Depth-gauges must be adjusted with the flat file in the same
Flat File direction the adjoining cutter was filed with the round file. Use care not to contact the cutter face with the flat file when adjusting depth-gauges.
GUIDE BAR MAINTENANCE
When the guide bar shows signs of wear, disassemble it from the chain saw power head and reverse it for reassembly (Fig. 46), in which case it will distribute the wear for maximum bar life.
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The bar should be cleaned (including bar rails and lubricating hole) every day of use and checked for wear and damage
(Fig. 47). Feathering or burring of the bar rails is a normal process of bar wear.
Such faults should be smoothed with a file as soon as they occur. A bar with any of the following faults should be replaced.
See the section “REPLACING THE BAR
AND CHAIN” in this manual.
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Wear inside the bar rails which permits the chain to lay over sideways.
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Bent guide bar.
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Cracked or broken rails.
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Spread rails.
The guide bar has a sprocket at its tip that must be lubricated weekly with a grease syringe to extend the guide bar life (Fig. 48 & 49). Turn the nose sprocket while pumping the translucent yellow, translucent red or colorless translucent grease into the lubricating hole until the entire sprocket has new grease. Do not push dirt into the hole.
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49
Bar Rails
Lubricating Hole
Sprocket in
Guide Bar Tip
TRANSPORTING AND STORING
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Do not store or transport the chain saw when it is running. Always disconnect the power plug before
Lubricating Hole storing or transporting.
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Always place the guide bar sheath on the guide bar and chain before storing or transporting the chain saw. Use caution to avoid the sharp teeth of the chain.
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Clean the chain saw thoroughly before storing. Store the chain saw indoors, in a dry place that is locked and/or inaccessible to children.
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Keep away from corrosive agents such as garden chemicals and de-icing salts.
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