Adjusting The Chain Tension - Trueshopping SFCS00B4SA Manual Del Usuario

Replacing the saw chain and guide
plate
1. Remove the battery pack from the chainsaw.
2. Release the guide plate locking knob counter
clockwise and open the side cover according to
the steps as shown in Figure 26.
3. Rotate the disk wheel at the rear end of the
guide plate counter-clockwise and remove the
guide bar and the saw chain.
4. According to the steps shown in Figure 27,
install the saw chain in the guide slot on the
guide abr. Note that the direction of the saw
chain is the same as the direction indicated on
the guide bar (Figure 28).
5. Grasp the guide bar and the saw chain so that
the centre hole of the disk wheel is inserted
into the screw stud, and lop the saw chain onto
the sprocket (Figure 29)
6. Cover the side cover and tight the side cover
lock knob properly but do not make it too tight.
7. Rotate the chain tensioning ring clockwise until
the saw chain is tight enough (see the
description of
adjustment section).
8. Tighten the side cover lock knob.
the chainsaw tension

Adjusting the Chain Tension

1. Stop the motor and remove the battery pack
before adjusting the chain tension.
2. Loosen the side cover knob.
3. Turn the chain-tensioning knob clockwise to
tension the chain. See the section:
"REPLACING THE BAR AND CHAIN" in this
manual for additional information.
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A cold chain is correctly tensioned when there
is no slack on the underside of the guide bar
and the chain is snug, but it can be turned by
hand without binding. The chain must be re-
tensioned whenever the flats on the drive links
do not sit in the bar groove.
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During normal saw operation, the temperature
ofthe chain will increase. The drive links of a
correctly tensioned warm chain will hang
approximately 0.050 in. (1.3 mm) Out Of the
bar groove (Fig. 31).
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