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CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

Items Needed to Sharpen Chain

Purchase these items from your local dealer, hard-

ware store, or chain saw supplies outlet

• 5t32' round file

• Depth gauge tool

" File guide

• Vise

. Medium sized ltat file

Sharpening Cutters

Use lile guide for 30" filing

1 Adjust chain for proper tension (see Star

Chain l'¢mivn Adju,_mwm)

2 Clamp guide bar in vise to hold saw steady

Note: Do not clamp chain

3 Press 5132" round li[e (attached to lile guide)

into groove between top plate zmddepth gauge

on chain File guide should rest on both top

plate and depth gauge (see Figure 23) Note;

File at midpoint of guide bar

5/32" Round

File

Note: This Illustration sllows file guide placement and

fii_ng direction for sharpening cutters on loll side o!

chain

Figure 22 - File and File Guide Placement

On Chain

Depth Gauge(right

Deptt_Gauge(lelt side ot chain),, .....

side of chain) ',. _/_)_

,, Groove_

TopPlate(Ielt -.. '__"_"',.

sideelchain) "-."_i, U/ ..... Lo

_,_" Righl_ide of Chain

Figure 23 - Chain Part Locations

4, Hold file guide level Make sure 30° mark

on file guide is paralM to center of guide bar

(see Figure 22) This will insure that you tile

cutters at 31Y'angle =

5 File from inside towards outside of cutter i

until sMrp Only file in this one direction (see

Figure 22) Note: "l'wo or three strokes with

tile should sharpen cutter

6 Af)er eacf_ cutter is sharpened, move chain

forward to sharpen next cutter, File all cutters

on one side of chain

7 Move to other side of chain and repeat pro-

cess

Filing Cutter Depth Gauges

The cutter depth gauge clearance is reduced as

cutters are sharpened After eve_' second or third

sharpening, reset cutter depth gauges

I Place depth gauge roof (025') tirmly across

top o1['two cutters Make sure depth gauge

enters slot in depth gauge tool (see Figure

24)

2 Use medium flat lile File depth gauge level

with depth gauge ton

3 Remove depth gauge tool. With flat file. round

off front comer of cutter depth gauge (see

Figure 25)

After se',eral hand tilings, have authorized service

center or sharpening service machine sharpen

chain This will insure even 5ling

Replacing Saw Chain

Replace chain when cutters are too _om to shmpen

or when chain breaks Only use replacement chain

noted in this manuid Always include new drbe

sprocket v,hen replacing chain This will maintain

proper driving of chain Note: For proper chain

and drive sprocket, see Replacement Parts and

Accessories

Flat File

DepthG_g_e

,oo,y/j ,,

Figure 24 - Depth Gauge Tool On Chain

FrontCerne_"\,___.L

_ 025'

635 mm

Figure 25 - Round Off Front Corner Of Depth

Gauge

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