Introduction
WARNING: Read and understand the safety
chapter before you do maintenance on the
product.
Maintenance schedule
Daily maintenance
Clean the external parts of the prod-
uct and make sure that there is no oil
on the handles.
Do a check of the throttle trigger and
throttle trigger lockout. Refer to
a check of the throttle trigger and the
throttle trigger lockout on page 20 .
Make sure that there is no damage
on the vibration damping units.
Clean and do a check of the chain
To do a check of the
brake. Refer to
chain brake on page 19 .
Do a check of the chain catcher. Re-
To do a check of the chain
fer to
catcher on page 20 .
Turn the guide bar, do a check of the
lubrication hole and clean the groove
in the guide bar. Refer to
check of the guide bar on page 27 .
Make sure that the guide bar and
saw chain are getting sufficient oil.
Do a check of the saw chain. Refer to
To examine the cutting equipment on
page 27 .
Sharpen the saw chain and do a
check of its tension. Refer to
sharpen the saw chain on page 23 .
Do a check of the chain drive sprock-
To do a check of the spur
et. Refer to
sprocket on page 26 .
Clean the air intake on the starter.
Make sure that nuts and screws are
tightened.
Do a check of the stop switch. Refer
to
To do a check of the start/stop
switch on page 20 .
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Maintenance
Weekly maintenance
Clean the cooling system. Refer to
To clean the cooling system on page
28 .
Do a check of the starter, starter rope
To do
and return spring.
Lubricate the needle bearing. Refer
To lubricate the needle bearing on
to
page 26 .
Remove burrs from the edges of the
guide bar. Refer to
the guide bar on page 27 .
Clean or replace the spark arrestor
mesh on the muffler.
Clean the carburetor area.
To do a
Clean or replace the air filter. Refer
To clean the air filter on page 23 .
to
Clean between the cylinder fins.
To
Monthly maintenance
Do a check of the brake band. Refer
To do a check of the brake band
to
on page 19 .
Do a check of the clutch centre,
clutch drum and clutch spring.
Clean the spark plug. Refer to
a check of the spark plug on page
23 .
Clean the external parts of the carbu-
To do a check of
rettor.
Do a check of the fuel filter and the
fuel hose. Replace if necessary.
Do a check of all cables and connec-
tions.
Empty the fuel tank.
Empty the oil tank.
To do
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