Adjusting The Chain Ten- Sion; Starting Up A New Saw Chain; Maintaining The Chain Bar; Turn The Chain Bar - Parkside PKS 1600 B2 Originalbetriebsanleitung

Adjusting the chain ten-
B
sion
The­adjustment­of­the­chain­tension­is­de-
scribed in the chapter: Assembly, tension-
ing chainsaw.

Starting up a new saw chain

In the case of a new chain, the tensioning
force decreases after some time. Therefore,
you have to re-tension the chain after the
first­5­cuts­and­no­later­than­after­10­min-
utes' sawing time.
Never attach a new chain to
a worn drive pinion or place
onto a damaged or worn
chain bar. The chain could
spring back or break, poten-
tially leading to serious injury.
Maintaining the chain
bar
Use cut-protection gloves
when handling the chain or
the chain bar.
1. Switch off the saw and pull out the
power plug (11).
2. Remove the sprocket chain wheel cov-
ering (8), the saw chain (5) and the
chain bar (4).
3. Check the chain bar (4) for wear. Re-
move burrs and straighten the guide
surfaces­with­a­flat­file.
4. Clean the oil passages (
the chain bar, in order to guarantee a
trouble-free, automatic oiling of the saw
chain during operation.
5. Mount chain bar (4), chainsaw (5) and
sprocket chain wheel covering (8) and
tighten the chainsaw.
The blade (4) has to be reversed regularly
after a working time of approximately 10
hours in order to ensure even wear.
1. Switch off the saw and pull out the
2. Remove the sprocket chain wheel cov-
3. Turn the blade around its horizontal
Use the graphical symbol below the chain
sprocket cover (8) as a guide to the align-
ment of the saw chain (5) when the blade
is rotated. The illustrated direction of travel
on the blade is no longer true.

Storage

27) of • Clean the device prior to storage.
• Empty the oil tank prior to longer peri-
ods of non-use. Dispose of used oil in
an environmentally-responsible way (see
„Disposal/Environmental Protection").
• Attach the protective blade cover (19).
• Store the device in a dry and dustproof
With the oil nozzles in good condi-
tion and the oil regulator set cor-
rectly, the saw chain will spray a
little oil off after starting.

Turn the chain bar

Use cut-protection gloves when han-
dling the chain or the chain bar.
power plug (11).
ering (8), the saw chain (5) and the
chain bar (4).
axis and install the blade and chain as
described under "Installing the sawing
chain and blade".
When doing so, pay attention to the cor-
rect rotation direction of the saw chain!
Direction of travel of the
saw chain
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