POTENTIAL DANGERS
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Small Nose Radius Bar
The smaller the nose radius, the smaller the kickback
zone, and the less likely a severe kickback will occur.
Your Operator's Manual specifies small nose radius bars
available for your saw.
IMPORTANT!
To minimize the risks of kickback through your bar
and chain combination, you should always:
• Use small nose radius bar and low kickback saw
chain.
• Check and adjust saw chain tension.
• Maintain the correct depth gauge and sharpness
of the chain.
• Replace worn-out or damaged bar and chain with
approved replacement combinations.
Nose Guard
A metal nose guard is attached to the bar tip covering
the kickback danger zone while allowing the chain to
rotate under it.
With a properly installed nose guard, a kickback cannot
occur. However, a nose guard also limits the use of your
saw.
When using a nose guard, the bar has to be more than 2
inches longer than the thickest log you intend to cut,
making certain felling and bucking techniques
impossible. Due to this drawback and others, we do not
manufacture or market nose guards. If you feel that a
nose guard will offer the best protection for you, your
dealer will be able to assist you in installing one.
NOSE GUARD
Avoiding Kickback - Your Equipment
IMPORTANT
This equipment is for extra protection. It cannot fully
prevent kickback, only minimize it. Never rely entirely
on these safety devices for your protection. Rely on
your safe working technique.
As explained previously, kickback can be avoided by
using safe cutting techniques, where at all times you
avoid cutting with the tip of the bar. However, certain
items on your chain saw are also designed to minimize
the kickback itself or possible injuries should you
encounter a kickback.
Low Kickback Saw Chains
Modern saw chains are designed to reduce the force of
kickback. Your Operator's Manual lists low kickback saw
chains that have been tested and selected for your saw.
! CAUTION
The saw chain can give its intended protection only if
it is filed and maintained according to the
manufacturer's instructions. As the cutting tooth on a
saw chain is filed away when it is sharpened, it
slowly becomes more aggressive. At the end of its
life, it is more kickback prone than when it is new.
Your saw chain has been designed to reduce the
possibility of kickback. If the chain is not filed
according to the manufacturer's directions, you may
remove some of the saw chain's kickback features.
Such a chain is more dangerous to use. Always
follow the saw chain manufacturer's filing
instructions.
When your saw chain has to be replaced, you should
replace it with a low kickback chain. Follow our
recommendation in the Operator's Manual, or your
dealer's advice. Be sure that you get a chain which
will give you the same or better protection as the
original equipment.
For Husqvarna Parts Call 606-678-9623 or 606-561-4983
www.mymowerparts.com
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