INSTALLATION AND USE
KICK
GUARD
WARNING
Read Rules for Safe Operation
and Installation Carefully
X7503202102
Prevents Rotational Chain Saw Kickbacks when Properly Installed.
89857015133
10/03
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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
T echnical 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 ROT A TIONAL KICKBACK WHEN PROPERL Y INST ALLED. 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.
LETS YOU USE THE SAW IN TIGHT SITUA TIONS
WHERE YOU CAN NOT A VOID OBSTRUCTIONS WITH
A BARE-NOSED BAR. Can prevent accidental scarring of
shade trees when pruning branches close to trunk.
HELPS TO PREVENT ACCIDENT AL DULLING OF
CHAIN BY KEEPING NOSE CLEAR OF ABRASIVE
OBSTRUCTIONS.
HELPS YOU A VOID ACCIDENTAL CONT ACT OF CHAIN
(A T 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.
SPEEDS UP BRUSH CUTTING AND CLEARING OUT
OPERA TIONS. Operation in a semi-scything action is
limited only to maintenance of control-lability over push
and pull reaction forces.
CopyRight© 2003 By Echo, Incorporated
All Rights Reserved.
Installing Kick Guard
T ools Needed: T wo (2) 11 mm (7/16 in.) W renches
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.
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ASYMMETRICAL
5. Check to make certain Kick Guard is tight on
guide bar.
For saws with Kick Guard P/N 28932 and
symmetrical low-kick type guide bars.
1. Install bolt (A) in front hole (B) of Kick Guard
and through front hole (C) in guide bar.
SYMMETRICAL
SYMMETRICAL
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
articles. Practice correct
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.
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.
DANGER: Refer to Operating the Saw
Without Kick Guard installed on
page 6 and your Instruction
Manual BEFORE removing Kick
Guard.
HEARING PROTECTION
TRIM,
PROTECTIVE
CLOTHING
NON-SLIP
GLOVES
THUMB UNDER
HANDLEBAR
Fig. 1 - Correct Protective Articles, Grip,
HARD HAT
EYE
PROTECTION
ELBOW AS
STRAIGHT AS
POSSIBLE
PROTECTIVE,
NON-SLIP
FOOTWEAR
NO PANTS
CUFFS TO
SNAG IN
UNDERBRUSH
and Positioning
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.
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!
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.
LIMIT
IMPOSED BY
KICK
GUARD
Fig. 2 - Maximum Diameter of Cut with
BLADE WITH
KICK GUARD
INSERTED
BETWEEN
TWO TREES
MAXIMUM
DIAMETER
Kick Guard Installed
LIMIT IMPOSED
BY SAW
BUMPER
Fig. 3
Operating Saw With Kick Guard Installed
CUT UP CLOSE WITH MASONRY
Fig. 4
WALLS IF SAW HAS KICK
GUARD
KICK GUARD HAS
CONTACTED AN
OBSTRUCTION BUT
THERE IS NO
KICKBACK
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4. When cutting piled up brush, don’t stick the saw
blade into the pile unless it has a Kick Guard. (See
Fig. 6.)
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. 5
Fig. 6
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.
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.)
OPERAT OR
STANDING
DIRECTLY
BEHIND SAW
BLADE
THUMB ON TOP
OF HANDLEBAR
KICKBACK
PATH
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.
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.
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.
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.
LEFT ELBOW
EXTREMELY
BENT GIVES
POOR
CONTROL
Fig. 8
PLANE OF
CHAIN
ROT A TION
THUMB ON
UNDER SIDE
OF HANDLE
BAR
POOR
CONTROL
BODY ENTIRELY T O ONE
SIDE OF PLANE OF CHAIN
ROTATION
STRONG LEFT
ARM AND
ELBOW
POSITION FOR
GOOD
CONTROL
GOOD
Fig. 9
CONTROL
Technical Data
These guide bar and chain combinations are certified in accordance with ANSI B175.1-2000 and
CSA Z62.3 standards.
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IMPORTANT
If your kick guard is damaged or lost, contact your Echo dealer for a replacement. For the name of
the Echo dealer nearest you, Call: 1-800-432-ECHO (3246) or on the web at www.echo-usa.com.
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
ECHO Consumer Product Support Department at 1-800-673-1558 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (Central Standard Time) Monday through
Friday. Before calling, please know the model and serial number of your unit to help your Consumer Product Support Representative.
KIORITZ CORPORATION
ECHO, INCORPORATED
400 Oakwood Road
Lake Zurich, IL 60047 U.S.A.
www.echo-usa.com
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