Stihl 038 - Quickstop chain brake; Devices for reducing kickback injury

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Devices for reducing the risk of
kickback injury
STIHL recommends the use of the STIHL
Quickstop chain brake on your power-
head with green labeled reduced kick-
back bars and low kickback chains.
Caution! If the chain brake does not
function correctly, stop using the saw
immediately.
Risk of injury! Take the saw to your local
STIHL Service Centre! Do not use the
saw until the fault has been rectified
(see ihe section "Chain Brake")
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Quickstop chain brake
STIHL has developed a chain stopping
system designed to reduce the risk of
injury in certain kickback situations.
It is called a Quickstop chain brake.
The Quickstop is available as standard
equipment on your STIHL chainsaw and
is available for installation on most older
STIHL saws. Ask your dealer to retrofit
your older mode! saw with a chain brake.
When a kickback occurs, the guide bar
may rotate around the front handle. If the
cutting position is such that the operator’s
left hand is gripping the front handle
behind the hand guard, and if the left
hand rotates around the front handle and
contacts the front hand guard, which is
the Quickstop activating lever, this
contact will activate the Quickstop. The
chain brake on most new mode! STIHL
chainsaws can also be activated by
inertia. See the chapter entitled "Chain
Brake" of your Owner’s Manual.
Warning!
Never operate your chainsaw without a
front hand guard. In a kickback situation
this guard helps protect your left hand or
other parts of your body. In addition,
removal of the hand guard on a saw
equipped with a chain brake will deactivate
the chain brake.
Warning!
No Quickstop or other chain brake
device prevents kickback. These devices
are designed to reduce the risk of
kickback injury, if activated, in certain
kickback situations. In order for the
Quickstop to reduce the risk of kickback
injury, it must be properly maintained
and in good working order. See the
chapter entitled " Chain Brake " and
"Maintenance, Repair and Storing" of
your Owner’s Manual. In addition, there
must be enough distance between the
bar and the operator to ensure that the
Quickstop has sufficient time to activate
and stop the chain before potential
contact with the operator.