Homelite EL16 User Manual download pdf (Page 6)

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ELECTRIC CHAINSAW

HOMELITE EL12 AND EL16

Mounting

Stand-Outs

Guide Bar

Bolts

Guide Bar

Nuts

Adjusting

Hole

Guide

Bar

Tapping

Screw

Saw

Chain

Cutting

Edge

Cutting

Edge

Towards

Guide

Bar Nose

Front Hand

Guard

Drive

Sprocket

Figure 3 - Assembling Guide Bar, Chain, and Hand Guard

Adjusting

Plate

Adjusting

Screw

Sprocket

Support

Figure 4 - Part Locations For Assembling Guide Bar

Adjusting

Block

ASSEMBLY

WARNING: Cutting edges on

chain are sharp. Use protective

gloves when handling chain.

IMPORTANT: Do not clamp chain

saw in vise during assembly.

The plastic hardware bag should include:

• two guide bar bolts

• two guide bar nuts

• one Phillips-head tapping screw

1. Lay chain out ﬂat.

2. Install front hand guard onto saw body.

Do this by pressing two mounting

stand-outs on hand guard into hex-

shaped holes in saw body (see Figure 3).

3 Insert tapping screw through hand

guard and into saw handle. Tighten

screw ﬁrmly.

4. Turn adjusting screw counterclockwise

(see Figure 4). Continue to turn adjust-

ing screw until adjusting block is to rear

of adjusting plate.

5. Install guide bar onto saw body. Place

rear of guide bar between adjusting

plate and sprocket support.

IMPORTANT:

Make sure to insert ad-

justing block into oval adjusting hole

on guide bar.

6. Line up holes on sprocket support with

center slot on guide bar and holes in

saw body.

7. Insert guide bar bolts through front

hand guard, saw body, center slot of

guide bar, and sprocket support. Attach

guide bar nuts to guide bar bolts.

IMPORTANT:

Tighten guide bar nuts

ﬁnger tight only. Make sure adjusting

block is in oval adjusting hole on guide

bar.

8. Place chain around drive sprocket, then

along top groove of guide bar and

around guide bar nose.

Note:

Make

sure cutting edges of chain are facing

the right direction. Position chain so

cutting edges on top of guide bar face

guide bar nose (see Figure 3).

9. Adjust saw chain tension. Follow steps

under Saw Chain Tension Adjustment,

page 7.

CAUTION: Do not place chain

on saw backwards. If chain is

backwards, saw will vibrate badly

and will not cut.

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