action may push the guide bar rapidly back
toward the operator. Either of these events
may cause you to lose control of the saw
which could result in serious injury or even
death. DO NOT RELY UPON ANY OFTHE
DEVICES BUILT INTO YOUR SAW. YOU
SHOULD USE THE SAW PROPERLY AND
CAREFULLY TO AVOID KICKBACK. Re-
duced--kickback guide bars and low--kick-
back saw chains reduce the chance and
magnitude of kickback and are recom-
mended. Your saw has alow kickback chain
and bar as original equipment. Repairs on a
chain brake should be made by an autho-
rized servicing dealer. Take your unit to the
place of purchase if purchased from a ser-
vicing dealer, or to the nearest authorized
master service dealer.
Symmetrical Guide Bar
Large Radius Tip
S Low--Kickback Chain, designed with a
contoured depth gauge and guard link
which deflect kickback force and allow
woodtogradually rideintothecutter.Low--
Kickback Chain has met kickback per-
formance requirements when tested on a
representative sample of chain saws be-
low 3.8 cubic inch displacement specified
in ANSI B175.1.
Contoured
Depth Gauge
Elongated Guard Link
S Tipcontactinsomecasesmaycausealight-
ning fast reverse REACTION, kicking guide
bar up and back toward operator.
S Pinching the saw chain along the top of the
guide bar may push the guide bar rapidly
back toward the operator.
Deflects
kickback force
and allows wood
to gradually ride
into cutter
Low---Kickback
Chain
S Either of these reactions may cause you to
lose control of the saw which could result in
serious injury. Do not rely exclusively upon
devices built into your saw.
Can Obstruct Material
Not a Low---Kickback Chain
WARNING:
Computed kickback
S Front Hand Guard, designed to reduce the
chanceofyour lefthandcontactingthechain
if your hand slips off the front handlebar.
S Position of front and rear handlebars, de-
signedwithdistancebetweenhandlesand
“in-line” with each other. The spread and
“in-line” position of the hands provided by
this design work together to give balance
and resistance in controlling the pivot of
the saw back toward the operator if kick-
back occurs.
angle(CKA) listedonyoursaw andlistedinthe
CKA table below represents angle of kickback
your bar and chain combinations will have
when tested in accordance with CSA (Cana-
dian Standards Association) and ANSI stan-
dards. When purchasing replacement bar and
chain, considerations should be given to the
lower CKA values. Lower CKA values repre-
sent safer angles to the user, higher values in-
dicate more angle and higher kick energies.
Computed angles represented indicate total
energy andangleassociatedwithoutactivation
of the chain brake during kickback. Activated
anglerepresentschainstoppingtimerelativeto
activation angle of chain break and resulting
kick angle of saw. In all cases lower CKA val-
ues represent a safer operating environment
for the user.
CHAIN BRAKE AND CKA ANGLE
S Chain Brake, designedto stopthe chainin
the event of kickback.
WARNING:
WE DO NOT REP-
RESENT AND YOU SHOULD NOT AS-
SUME THAT THE CHAIN BRAKE WILL
PROTECT YOU IN THE EVENT OF A
KICKBACK. Kickback is a lightning fast ac-
tion which throws the bar and rotating chain
back and up toward the operator. Kickback
can be caused by allowing contactof thebar
tip in the danger zone with any hard object.
Kickbackcanalsobecausedby pinchingthe
sawchainalongthetopoftheguidebar. This
The following guide bar and chain combina-
tions meet kickback requirements of CSA
Standards Z62.1, Z62.3, & ANSI B175.1when
used on saws listed in this manual. Use ofbar
and chain combinations other than thoselisted
is not recommended and may not meet the
CKA requirements per standard.
Computed kickback angle (CKA) Table
BAR
MODEL
BH2160
P/N
Length
16″
CHAIN P/N
952051211
CKA without chain brake
19_
952044370
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| Categories | Chainsaw Manuals, Poulan Chainsaw Manuals |
|---|---|
| Tags | Poulan BH 2160 |
| Model Year | 2005 |
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| Document Type | Owner's Manual |
| Language | English |
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