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MAINTAINING THE GUIDE BAR
See Figure 55.
CAUTION:
Make sure the chain has stopped before you
do any work on the saw.
Proper maintenance will maximize the useful life
of the guide bar.
Each day of use:
Clean the bar and check for wear and damage.
Feathering or burring of the bar rails is a normal
process of bar wear, but such faults should be
smoothed with a file as soon as they occur.
Each week of use:
Reverse the guide bar on the saw to distribute
the wear.
Lubricate the sprocket at the end of the guide
bar using a grease gun in the sprocket lubrica-
tion hole.
Turn the guide bar and check that the lubrication
holes and chain groove are free from impurities.
A bar with any of the following faults should be
replaced immediately:
Wear inside the bar rails that permits the chain
to lay over sideways
Bent guide bar
Cracked or broken rails
Spread rails
MOUNTING THE SAFE-T-TIP NOSE
GUARD
See Figures 56 - 57.
Stop the engine and disconnect the spark plug
wire.
Mount the SAFE-T-TIP on the bar nose.
Fit the locking tab in the recessed slot in the
guide bar.
Tighten the screw with wrench until snug.
From the snug position, tighten the screw an
additional 3/4 of a turn using a wrench.
Check the security of the SAFE-T-TIP nose
guard and its mounting screw before each use
of the chain saw.
TIGHTEN 3/4
OF A TURN
Fig. 55
SPROCKET
LUBRICATION HOLE
MOUNTING
SCREW
SAFE-T-TIP
Fig. 56
Fig. 57
BAR GROOVE
RESTORE ORIGINAL
SHAPE BY ROUNDING
THE FRONT
Fig. 54
MAINTENANCE
LUBRICATION HOLES
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