Echo Chainsaw X7503202102 User Manual

INSTALLATION AND USE  
KICK  
GUARD  
WARNING  
Read Rules for Safe Operation  
and Installation Carefully  
Prevents Rotational Chain Saw Kickbacks when Properly Installed.  
89857015133  
10/03  
X7503202102  
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Contents  
Page  
Introduction/Safety ......................................................................................................................................................... 2  
Installing Kick Guard ...................................................................................................................................................... 3  
Operating Saw With Kick Guard Installed....................................................................................................................... 4  
Operating Saw Without Kick Guard ................................................................................................................................ 6  
Technical Data ............................................................................................................................................................... 7  
Introduction/Safety  
IMPORTANT:  
This is a supplement to the Instruction Manual. For additional operating information, read your Chain  
Saw Instruction Manual.  
This safety alert symbol identifies important safety messages in this Instruction Manual Supplement and  
on your chain saw. When you see this symbol, be alert to the possibility of personal injury and carefully  
read the message that follows.  
WARNING  
Follow Kick Guard Technical Data Reference for correct kick guard and guide bar combination.  
An incorrect combination can cause bar and chain damage and may result in serious personal  
injury.  
WARNING  
Always wear hand protection when handling saw chain. Never install or adjust guide bar, chain  
or kick guard while chain saw is running. Serious injury can result.  
THE KICK GUARD KICKBACK PREVENTION DEVICE ON  
YOUR SAW DOES THESE THINGS FOR YOU.  
PREVENTS ROTATIONAL KICKBACK WHEN PROPERLY INSTALLED. The Kick Guard covers the  
nose area of the bar and chain where the kickback reaction is generated. Eliminating chain contact in  
this area prevents rotational kickback.  
HELPS YOU AVOID ACCIDENTAL CONTACT OF CHAIN  
(AT BAR NOSE) WITH THE GROUND, OR  
OBSTRUCTIONS SUCH AS OTHER TREES, STONES  
OR MASONRY WALLS. The Kick Guard can be used as  
a bumper plate against the obstructions during cutting.  
LETS YOU USE THE SAW IN TIGHT SITUATIONS  
WHERE YOU CAN NOT AVOID OBSTRUCTIONS WITH  
A BARE-NOSED BAR. Can prevent accidental scarring of  
shade trees when pruning branches close to trunk.  
HELPS TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL DULLING OF  
CHAIN BY KEEPING NOSE CLEAR OF ABRASIVE  
OBSTRUCTIONS.  
SPEEDS UP BRUSH CUTTING AND CLEARING OUT  
OPERATIONS. Operation in a semi-scything action is  
limited only to maintenance of control-lability over push  
and pull reaction forces.  
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Installing Kick Guard  
Tools Needed: Two (2) 11 mm (7/16 in.) Wrenches  
ASYMMETRICAL  
For saws with Kick Guard P/N 28949 and  
symmetrical or asymmetrical low-kick type  
guide bars.  
1. Install bolt (A) in rear hole (B) of Kick Guard and  
through front hole (C) in guide bar.  
2. IMPORTANT: Dimple in Kick Guard (D) must  
engage recess in guide bar (E).  
3. Tighten nut (F) and bolt (A) until snug. Make  
certain Kick Guard is flush against guide bar.  
4. Tighten nut (F) 1/8 additional turn.  
5. Check to make certain Kick Guard is tight on  
guide bar.  
SYMMETRICAL  
For saws with Kick Guard P/N 28932 and  
symmetrical low-kick type guide bars.  
SYMMETRICAL  
1. Install bolt (A) in front hole (B) of Kick Guard  
and through front hole (C) in guide bar.  
2. IMPORTANT: Dimple in Kick Guard (D) must  
engage recess in guide bar (E).  
3. Tighten nut (F) and bolt (A) until snug. Make  
certain Kick Guard is flush against guide bar.  
4. Tighten nut (F) 1/8 additional turn.  
5. Check to make certain Kick Guard is tight on  
guide bar.  
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Operating Saw With Kick Guard Installed  
CAUTION: The Kick Guard protects against  
kickback but is not a general  
insurance against “accidents” with  
a chain saw. Therefore, wear  
proper attire and protective  
ON  
articles. Practice correct  
OW AS  
AIGHT AS  
SIBLE  
positioning of the saw, correct  
posture and stance, and use the  
proper grip on the saw handles at  
all times. These things are covered  
in your Instruction Manual.  
OTECTIVE,  
N-SLIP  
OTWEAR  
1. Because the Kick Guard is wider than the saw chain  
and cannot go into or be pulled through a cut, it will  
obstruct cutting unless it clears the wood completely.  
Figure 2 illustrates the maximum diameter of wood  
which can be cut when the Kick Guard is on the saw.  
Always check that there is enough clearance. If in  
doubt that there is enough clearance remove the Kick  
Guard before making the cut.  
O PANTS  
UFFS TO  
SNAG IN  
ERBRUSH  
Fig. 1 - Correct Protective Articles, Grip,  
and Positioning  
DANGER:  
Refer to Operating the Saw  
Without Kick Guard installed on  
page 6 and your Instruction  
Manual BEFORE removing Kick  
Guard.  
2. There are situations where you may not wish to use  
the Kick Guard. These include any time a wedge has  
to be used to control the fall or hold open the cut, and  
any situations where the nose of the saw must be  
used for cutting, or the blade pulled through after  
completion of the cut.  
LIMIT  
IMPOS
KICK  
GUARD  
OSED  
DANGER:  
During felling, if a tree starts to  
fall causing your saw to bind,  
leave the saw and save yourself.  
The saw can be replaced – you  
cannot!  
Fig. 2 - Maximum Diameter of Cut with  
Kick Guard Installed  
3. Refer to Figures 3, 4 and 5. Each shows a “tight  
situation” cut which is hazardous to make without a  
Kick Guard. These techniques of cutting in close  
quarters can be applied to situations encountered  
when bucking or limbing as well as when felling.  
BLADE WITH  
KICK GUARD  
INSERTED  
BETWEEN  
TWOTREES  
Fig. 3  
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Operating Saw With Kick Guard Installed  
SONRY  
K  
Fig. 4  
Fig. 5  
4. When cutting piled up brush, don’t stick the saw  
blade into the pile unless it has a Kick Guard. (See  
Fig. 6.)  
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5. Reaching above chest height to cut is extremely  
hazardous. Even with a Kick Guard you must maintain  
good position of your feet so as to keep your balance.  
Twisting and falling limbs are a hazard which you must  
always watch out for. (See Fig. 7.)  
Fig. 7  
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Operating Saw Without Kick Guard  
Danger:  
Beware of the danger of kickback!  
The Kick Guard must be removed  
for any operation requiring use of  
the nose section for cutting, or for  
drawing the nose through a cut.  
Read your Instruction Manual  
before operating saw without Kick  
Guard.  
OPERATOR  
STANDING  
DIRECTLY  
BEHIND SA
BLADE  
Check out your technique for cutting with an unguarded  
guide bar nose, because you cannot do safely without the  
Kick Guard what you can do with it. The rules for cutting  
without a Kick Guard are as follows:  
1. Maintain proper stance and grip. (See Figure 9.)  
LEFT ELBOW  
EXTREMELY  
BENT GIVES  
POOR  
2. Keep your body to the left of the guide bar. (See Figure 9.)  
3. Avoid letting the nose of the saw dip into the ground  
or touch obstructions.  
CONTROL  
4. When necessary to bore with the saw tip, you are  
most vulnerable to kickback. Begin at full throttle,  
making first contact at the bottom quadrant of the  
nose section, or further back on the straight portion if  
there is room.  
Fig. 8  
BODY ENTIRELY TO ONE  
SIDE OF PLANE OF CHAIN  
ROTATION  
PLANE OF  
CHAIN  
ROTATION  
5. In the small percentage of cases where it is  
absolutely necessary to bore with the upper section of  
the nose, it is best to let a trained tree expert do the  
job. If you are an experienced operator, angle the saw  
blade to be sure that no part of your body is in the  
same plane of chain rotation.  
6. Limit your cutting to the range within which you can  
control the saw fully. Don’t reach way out so as to  
lose your balance. Don’t make any cut above  
shoulder height, because you cannot control the saw  
well when held higher than this.  
STRONG LEFT  
ARM AND  
ELBOW  
POSITIONFOR  
GOOD  
CONTROL  
THUMBON  
UNDERSIDE  
OF HANDLE  
BAR  
7. Making limbing or pruning cuts one at a time. The tree  
shearing or electric razor technique of de-branching  
(limbing felled trees) should not be practiced without  
the Kick Guard because you can too easily hit an  
obstruction which will cause kickback. Whenever  
possible, stand on the opposite side of the tree from  
the branches being cut, so that the tree offers a  
barrier between you, the saw, and the branches.  
GOOD  
CONTROL  
Fig. 9  
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Technical Data  
These guide bar and chain combinations are certified in accordance with ANSI B175.1-2000 and  
CSA Z62.3 standards.  
DOUBLE  
GUARD BAR  
KICK  
GUARD  
SAW CHAIN  
BAR  
LENGTH  
MODEL  
ECHO P/N  
(OEM P/N)  
ECHO  
PART NO.  
ECHO  
PART NO.  
LINKS  
TYPE  
90SG  
PITCH  
GAUGE  
.043  
124374501/  
(12A4CD3745)  
12"  
14"  
1907045  
1907052  
45  
52  
CS-305  
CS-306  
144375201/  
(14A4CD3752)  
CS-300  
CS-301  
CS-340  
CS-341  
CS-345  
CS-346  
CS-3000  
CS-3400  
CS-3450  
3/8"  
28949  
12"  
14"  
16"  
120374501  
140375201  
160375701  
122374501  
142375201  
162375701  
917045  
917052  
917057  
917045  
917052  
917057  
45  
52  
57  
45  
52  
57  
91VG  
12" IntenzTM  
14" IntenzTM  
16" IntenzTM  
CS-440  
CS-4400  
CS-5000  
CS-510  
CS-520  
16"  
18"  
20"  
160336601  
180337201  
200337801  
333066  
333072  
333078  
66  
72  
78  
33SL  
.325"  
.050  
16"  
20"  
24"  
27"  
160386001  
200387001  
240388101  
270389301  
727060  
727070  
727081  
727093  
60  
70  
81  
93  
CS-670  
CS-6700  
28932  
72LG  
3/8"  
20"  
24"  
27"  
32"  
36"  
200387001  
240388101  
270389301  
320380501  
360381601  
727070  
727081  
727093  
7270105  
7270116  
70  
81  
93  
105  
116  
CS-8000 (P)  
IMPORTANT  
If your kick guard is damaged or lost, contact your Echo dealer for a replacement. For the name of  
Refer to your Chain Saw Safety Manual for kick guard application information.  
ECHO CONSUMER PRODUCT SUPPORT  
If you require assistance or have questions concerning the application, operation or maintenance of this product you may call the  
ECHOConsumerProductSupportDepartmentat1-800-673-1558from8:30amto4:30pm(CentralStandardTime)Mondaythrough  
Friday. Before calling, please know the model and serial number of your unit to help your Consumer Product Support Representa-  
tive.  
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LakeZurich, IL60047U.S.A.  
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