Poulan 3300 - Manual (Page 8)

3. Mount the guide bar. Mount the slotted end of the
guide bar overthe bar studs and the hole under the
slot on the adjusting pin. Figure 7.
4, Hold chain with cutters facing as shown in Figure 8.
5. Place chain over and behind the clutch drum onto
the sprocket and fit the bottom of the drive links
between the teeth in the sprocket.
Start at the top of the bar and fit the chain drive links
into the groove around the guide bar. Figure 8.
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7. Turn thè adjusting screw clockwise until the
chain is snug in the guide bar groove. Figure 9.
8. Install the bar clamp, replace the bar mounting
nuts, then tighten the nuts finger tight only.
9. Follow “Chain Tension" instructions below.
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D. CHAIN TENSION
• Correct chain tension is very important:
—a loose chain will wear the bar and itself.
— aloosechain canjumpoff the bar while
you are cutting.
— alight chain can damage the saw and/or
break.
• The chain stretches during use, especially
when new. Check tension:
— each time the saw is used
— more frequently when the chain is new
— as the chain warms up to normal operating
temperature
• Chain tension is correct when the chain:
— can be lifted about 1/8" from the guide bar at
a point near the middle of the bar, and
— will move freely around the bar.
Chain tensioning procedure:
NOTE: The bar clamp nuts must be no more than
finger tight to tension the chain correctly.
Hold the tip of the guide bar up and turn the adjusting
screw just until the chain does not sag beneath the
guide bar. Figure 11.
1
NOTE:Turn screw clockwise •
Turnscrew counterclockwise i
k to tighten tension,
»toloosentension.
2 Check the tension by lifting the chain from the guide
bar at the center of the bar. Figure 12.
3. Continue turning the adjusting screw until the tension
is correct.
4. Hold the tip of the guide bar up and securely tighten
the bar clamp nuts with the scrench.
5. Recheck tension. See Figure 10-
Figured Figure 10