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TROUBLESHOOTING
WARNING: Always protect your hands by wearing heavy gloves when performing any maintenance on the saw chain. Always remove the battery pack when servicing or transporting the chain saw.
PROBLEM
Motor does not run.
Motor runs, but chain does not rotate.
Chain brake does not engage.
CAUSE
◾
The battery pack is not
◾ attached to the chain saw.
There is no electrical contact between the saw and battery.
SOLUTION
◾
Attach the battery pack to the chain
◾ saw.
Remove the battery, check contacts and reinstall the battery pack.
◾
The battery pack is depleted.
◾
Charge the battery pack.
◾
The battery pack or chain
◾
Allow the battery pack or chain saw saw is too hot.
to cool until the temperature drops
◾
The lock-off button is not depressed before pressing
◾ below 152°F (67°C).
Press down the lock-off button and hold it, then depress the trigger
◾ the trigger switch.
Chain brake is engaged.
◾
◾
◾
◾
Saw chain is bound in the wood.
Debris in bar groove.
Debris in side cover.
Chain does not engage drive sprocket.
◾ switch to turn on the chain saw.
Pull the chain kickback brake handle
◾ backward toward the front handle.
Release the trigger switch; remove the saw chain and guide bar from the
◾ wood, then restart the chain saw.
Press the saw chain against the wood, move the chain saw back and
◾ forth to discharge the debris.
Remove battery pack, then remove
◾ side cover and clean out debris.
Reinstall the chain, making sure that the drive links on the chain are fully
◾
Debris preventing full movement of the chain
◾ kickback brake handle.
Possible chain brake malfunction.
◾ seated on the sprocket.
Clean debris from external chain brake mechanism.
◾
Contact EGO Customer Service.
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56V LITHIUM-ION CORDLESS CHAIN SAW — CS1600/CS1600-FC
PROBLEM
Chain saw does not cut properly.
Bar and chain running hot and smoking.
CAUSE
◾
◾
◾
◾
◾
◾
◾
Insufficient chain tension.
Dull chain.
Chain installed backwards.
Worn chain.
Dry or excessively stretched chain.
Chain not in bar groove.
Check chain tension for over tightened condition.
◾
Chain oil tank is empty.
SOLUTION
◾
Readjust the chain tension, following the section: “ADJUSTING THE
◾
CHAIN TENSION” .
Sharpen the chain cutters, following
◾ the section: “HOW TO SHARPEN
THE CUTTERS” .
Reinstall the saw chain, following the section: “REPLACING THE BAR
AND CHAIN” .
◾
Replace the chain, following the section: “REPLACING THE BAR
◾
AND CHAIN” .
Check the oil level. Refill the oil tank if necessary.
◾
Reinstall the saw chain, following the section: “REPLACING THE BAR
AND CHAIN” .
◾
Re-tension the saw chain; see the
◾ section: “ADJUSTING THE CHAIN
TENSION” .
Filling bar and chain lubricant.
◾
Debris in guide bar groove.
◾
Clear the debris in the groove.
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