WARNING:
step if the saw is received assembled. Always
wear gloves when handling the chain. The
chain is sharp and can cut you even when it is
not moving!
1. Loosen and remove the bar nuts and the
clutch cover from the saw.
2. Remove the plastic shipping spacer (if
present).
Clutch cover
Bar nuts
Chain adjustment tool
(Bar Tool)
3. An adjusting pin and screw is used to ad-
just the tension of the chain. It is very impor-
tant when assembling the bar, that the pin
located on the adjusting screw aligns into a
hole in the bar. Turning the screw will move
the adjustment pin up and down the screw.
Locate this adjustment before you begin
mounting the bar onto the saw. See follow-
ing illustration.
Adjustment located on clutch cover
4. Turn the adjusting screw by hand counter-
clockwise until the adjusting pin just
touches the stop. This should allow the pin
to be near the correct position.
5. Slide guide bar on bar bolts until guide bar
stops against clutch drum sprocket.
ASSEMBLY
Recheck each assembly
Location of
shipping
spacer
Inside
view of
clutch cov-
er
Bar bolts
Guide bar
6. Carefully remove the chain from the pack-
age. Hold chain with the drive links as
shown.
CUTTERS MUST FACE IN
DIIRECTION OF ROTATION
Cutters
Drive Links
7. Place chain over and behind clutch retain-
er, fitting the drive links in the clutch drum
sprocket.
8. Fit bottom of drive links between the teeth
in the sprocket in the nose of the guide bar.
9. Fit chain drive links into bar groove.
10. Pull guide bar forward until chain is snug in
guide bar groove. Ensure all drive links are
in the bar groove.
11. Now, install clutch cover making sure the
adjusting pin is positioned in the lower hole
in the guide bar. Remember this pin moves
the bar forward and backward as the screw
is turned.
Tip of
Bar
Depth Gauge