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English / USA Mounting the Bar and Chain (Quick chain tensioner) 001BA109 KN 133BA026 KN 6 9 77 8 10 001BA108 KN : Disengage the chain brake: Pull hand guard (6) toward front handle. Wear work gloves to protect your hands from the sharp cutters. : Fit the chain - start at the bar nose. 143BA003 KN : Fit the guide bar over the studs (7) - cutting edges on top of bar must point to right - and engage the peg of the tensioner slide in locating hole (8) -- place the chain over sprocket (9) at the same time. : Now turn tensioning screw (10) clockwise until there is very little chain sag on the underside of the bar -- and the drive link tangs are located in the bar groove. : Refit the sprocket cover - and screw on the nuts only fingertight. : Go to "Tensioning the Saw Chain". 1 3 2 : Pull out the hinged clip (1) so that it snaps into position. : Turn the wingnut (2) counterclockwise until it hangs loose in the sprocket cover (3). : Remove the sprocket cover. MS 260 27

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MS 260
English / USA
:
Disengage the chain brake: Pull
hand guard
(6)
toward front handle.
Wear work gloves to protect your
hands from the sharp cutters.
:
Fit the chain – start at the bar nose.
:
Fit the guide bar over the studs
(7)
–
cutting edges on top of bar must
point to right – and engage the
peg of the tensioner slide in locating
hole
(8)
–- place the chain over
sprocket
(9)
at the same time.
:
Now turn tensioning screw
(10)
clockwise until there is very little
chain sag on the underside of the
bar –- and the drive link tangs are
located in the bar groove.
:
Refit the sprocket cover –
and screw on the nuts only finger-
tight.
:
Go to “Tensioning the Saw Chain”.
:
Pull out the hinged clip
(1)
so that it
snaps into position.
:
Turn the wingnut
(2)
counterclock-
wise until it hangs loose in the
sprocket cover
(3)
.
:
Remove the sprocket cover.
001BA108 KN
6
143BA003 KN
9
7
7
8
10
001BA109 KN
Mounting the Bar and Chain
(Quick chain tensioner)
2
1
133BA026 KN
3