Husqvarna 141 EN User Manual
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Operator's Manual
Instruction Manual
Read and follow all Safety Rules and Operating
Instructions before using this product. Failure to
do so can result in serious injury.
530088541 4/24/01
IDENTIFICATION (WHAT IS WHAT?
1. Cylinder Cover
2.
Front Handle
Front Hand Guard /
3.
4. Starter Cover : : '
Chain Oil Tank
5.
6. Starter Handle
7. Carburetor Adjusting Screw
Choke Control
8.
Rear Handle
9.
10. ON/OFF Stop Switch
11.
Fuel Tank...........................................
12 Muffler
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IDENTIFICATION OF SYMBOLS
WARNING! This chain saw can be dangerous! Careless or improper
use can cause serious or even fata! injury.
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16. Chain Catcher
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17. Chain Brake Assembly ^ ^
18. Rear Hand Guard
19. Throttle Control/Trigger
20. Throttle Lock
21. Bar/Chain Adjustment Tool....................
22. Chain Tensioning Screw........................
23. Instruction Manual
24. Guide Bar Cover
13. Bar Tip Sprocket
14. Saw Chairi \
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Read and understand the instruction manual before using the chain saw.
Measured maximum kickback value without chain brake for the bar and
chain combination on the label.
There may be more symbols found on your unit other than those listed above. These
symbols may represent compliances, standards, or other matters concerning the product.
SAFETY RULES
«»WARNING: Always disconnect
spark plug wire and place wire where it can
not contact spark plug to prevent accidental
starting when setting up, transporting, ad
justing or making repairs except carburetor
adjustments.
Because a chain saw is a high-speed wood
cutting tool, special safety precautions must
be observed to reduce the risk of accidents.
Careless or improper use of this tool can
cause serious injury.
PLAN AHEAD
• Read this manual carefully until you com
pletely understand and can follow ail safe
ty rules, precautions, and operating in
structions before attempting to use the
unit.
• Restrict the use of yoursawto adult users
who understand and can follow safety
rules, precautions, and operating instruc
tions found in this manual.
Hearing
Protection
Snug
Fitting
Clothing
Wear protective gear. Always use steeltoed safety footwear with non-slip soles;
snug-fitting clothing; heavy-duty, non-slip
gloves; eye protection such as non-fog
ging, vented goggles or face screen; an
approved safety hard hat; and sound barri
ers {ear plugs or mufflers) to protect your
hearing. Regular users should have hear
ing checked regularly as chain saw noise
can damage hearing. Secure hair above
shoulder length.
Keep ail parts of your body away from the
chain when the engine is running.
Keep children, bystanders, and animals a
minimum of 30 feet (10 meters) away from
the work area. Do not allow other people
or animals to be near the chain saw when
starting or operating the chain saw.
Do not handle or operate a chain saw
when you are fatigued, ill, or upset, or if you
have taken alcohol, drugs, or medication.
You must be in good physical condition
and mentally alert. Chain saw work is
strenuous. If you have any condition that
might be aggravated by strenuous work,
check with your doctor before operating a
chain saw.
Safety Hat
Eye
Protection
Heavy Duty
Gloves
II Safety Chaps
* Carefully planyoursawingoperation in ad
vance. Do not start cutting untilyou havea
clearwork area, secure footing, and, if you
are felling trees, a planned retreat path.
OPERATE YOUR SAW SAFELY
* Do not operatea chain saw with one hand.
Serious injury to the operator; helpers, by
standers or any combination of these per
sons may result from one-handed opera
tion. A chain saw is intended for
two-handed use.
* Operate the chain saw only in a well-venti
lated outdoor area.
* Do not operate saw from a ladder or in a
tree.
* Make sure the chain will not make contact
with any object while starting the engine.
Never try to start the saw when the guide
bar is in a cut.
* Do not put pressure on the saw at the end
of the cut. Applying pressure can cause
you to lose control when the cut is com
pleted.
* Stop the engine before setting the saw
down.
* Do not operate a chain saw that is dam
aged, improperly adjusted, or not com
pletely and securely assembled. Always
replace bar, chain, hand guard, or chain
brake immediately if it becomes damaged,
broken or is otherwise removed.
* With the engine stopped, hand carry the
chain saw with the muffler away from your
body, and the guide bar and chain to the
rear, preferably covered with a scabbard.
MAINTAIN YOUR SAW IN GOOD
WORKING ORDER
* Have all chain saw service performed by a
qualified service dealer with the exception
of the items listed in the maintenancesec-
tionofthis manual. Forexample, if improp
er tools are used to remove or hold the fly
wheel when servicing the clutch, structural
damage to the flywheel can occur and
cause the flywheel to burst.
* Make certain the saw chain stops moving
when the throttle trigger is released. For
correction, refer to CARBURETOR AD
JUSTMENTS.
* Never modify your saw in any way.
* Keepthe handles dry, clean, and free of oil
or fuel mixture.
* With the engine stopped, hand carry the
chain saw with the muffler away from your
body, and the guide bar and chain to the
rear, preferably covered with a guide bar
cover.
* Keep fuel and oil caps, screws, and fas
teners securely tightened.
* Use only Husqvarna accessories and re
placement parts as recommended.
H IM C!? j^lE IP* I **||p j^n|j
* Do not smoke while handling fuel or while
operating the saw.
* Eliminateall sources of sparks or flame in
the areas where fuel is mixed or poured.
Thereshould be nosmoking, open flames,
or work that could cause sparks. Allowen
gine to cool before refueling.
• Mix and pour fuel in an outdoor area on
bare ground; store fuel in a cool, dry, well
ventilated place; and use an approved,
marked container for aii fuel purposes.
Wipe up all fuel spills before starting saw.
• Move at least 10 feet (3 meters) from fuel
ing site before starting engine.
• Turn the engine off and let saw cool in a
non-combustible area, not on dry leaves,
straw, paper, etc. Slowly remove fuel cap
and refuel unit.
• Storetheunitandfuel in an area where fuel
vapors cannot reach sparks or open
flames from water heaters, electric motors
or switches, furnaces, etc.
KICKBACK
A WARNING: Avoid kickback which
can result in serious injury. Kickback is the
backward, upwardorsudden forward motion
of the guide bar occurring when the saw
chain nearthe uppertip oftheguide barcontacts any object such as a log or branch, or
when the wood closes in and pinches the
saw chain in the cut. Contacting a foreign ob
ject in the wood can also result in loss of
chain saw control.
• Rotational Kickback can occurwhenthe
moving chain contacts an object at the up
per tip of the guide bar. This contact can
cause the chain to dig into the object,
which stops the chain for an instant. The
resuit is a iightning fast, reverse reaction
which kicks the guide bar up and back to
ward the operator.
• Pinch-Kickbackcan occur when the the
wood cioses in and pinches the moving
saw chain in the cut along the top of the
guide bar and the saw chain is suddeniy
stopped. This sudden stopping of the
chain results in a reversal of the chain
force used to cut wood and causes the
sawtomoveintheoppositedirectionofthe
chain rotation. The saw is driven straight
back toward the operator.
• Pull-In can occur when the moving chain
contacts a foreign object in the wood in the
cut along the bottom of the guide bar and
the saw chain is suddenly stopped. This
suddenstoppingpullsthesawforwardand
away from the operator and could easily
cause the operator to lose control of the
saw.
Avoid Pinch-Kickback:
• Be extremely aware of situations or ob
structions that can cause material to pinch
the top of or otherwise stop the chain.
• Do not cut more than one iog at a time.
• Do not twist the saw as the bar is with
drawn from an undercut when bucking.
Avoid Pull-In:
• Always begin cutting with the engineatfull
speed and the saw housing against wood.
• Use wedges made of plastic or wood.
Never use metal to hold the cut open.
REDUCE THE CHANCE OF KICKBACK
• Recognize that kickback can happen.
With a basic understanding of kickback,
you can reduce the eiement of surprise
which contributes to accidents.
• Never let the moving chain contact any ob
ject at the tip of the guide bar.
* Keep the working area free from obstruc-
tionssuchas othertrees, branches, rocks,
fences, stumps, etc. Eliminate or avoid
any obstruction that your saw chain could
hit while you are cutting. When cutting a
branch, do not let the guide bar contact
branch or other objects around it.
* Keep your saw chain sharp and properly
tensioned. A loose or dull chain can in
crease the chance of kickback occurring.
Foliow manufacturer’s chain sharpening
andmaintenanceinstructions. Check ten
sion at regular intervals with the engine
stopped, never with the engine running.
Make sure the barclamp nuts are securely
tightened after tensioning the chain.
• Begin and continuecutting atfull speed. If
the chain is moving at a slower speed,
there is greaterchance of kickback occur
ring.
• Cut one log at a time.
* Use extreme caution when re-entering a
previous cut.
* Do not attempt cuts starting with the tip of
the bar (plunge cuts).
• Watch for shifting logs or otherforces that
could close a cut and pinch or fall into
chain.
* Use the Reduced-Kickback Guide Bar
and Low-Kickback Chain specified for
your saw.
MAINTAIN CONTROL
• Keep agood,firmgriponthesawwithboth
hands when the engine is running and
don’t let go. Afirmghpwillhelpyou reduce
kickback and maintain control of the saw.
Keep the fingers of your left hand encir
cling and your left thumb under the front
handlebar Keep your right hand com
pletely around the rear handle whether
your are right handedor left handed. Keep
your left arm straight with the elbow
locked,
• Position your left hand on the front handle
bar so it is in a straight line with your right
hand on the rear handle when making
bucking cuts. Never reverse right and left
hand positions for any type of cutting.
• Stand with your weight evenly balancedon
both feet.
• Stand slightly to the left side of the saw to
keep your body from being in a direct line
with the cutting chain.
• Do not overreach. You could be drawn or
thrown off balance and lose control of the
saw.
• Donotcutaboveshoulderheight. it is diffi
cult to maintain control of saw above
shoulder height.
KICKBACK SAFETY FEATURES
A WARNING: The following features
are included on your saw to help reduce the
hazard of kickback; however, such features
will not totally eliminate this dangerous reac
tion. As a chainsaw user, do notreiy onlyon
safety devices. You must follow al! safety
precautions, instructions, and maintenance
in this manual to help avoid kickback and
other forces which can result in serious
injury.
• Reduced “Kickback Guide Bar, designed
with a small radius tip which reduces the
size of the kickback danger zone on the
bar tip. A Reduced-Kickback Guide Bar
has been demonstrated to significantly re
duce the numberand seriousness of kick
backs when tested in accordance with
safety requirements for gasoline powered
chainsaws as set by ANSI B175.1.
Reduced Kickback Symmetrical Guide Bar
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3
ГИ til ICU 11^4
Small Radius Tip
Symmetrical Guide Bar
Large Radius Tip
• Low-Kickback Chain, designed with a
contoured depth gauge and guard link
which deflect kickback force and allow
wood to gradually ride into the cutter.
Low-Kickback Chain has met kickback
performance requirements when tested
on a representative sample of chain saws
below 3.8 cubic inch displacement speci
fied in ANSI B175.1.
Low-Kickback Chain
Contoured Depth Gauge
Elongated Guard Link
Deflects Kickback
Force And Allows
Wood To Gradually
Ride Into Cutter
• Front Hand Guard, designed to reduce the
chance of your left hand contacting the
chain if your hand slips offthe front handle
bar.
• Position of front and rear handlebars, de
signed with distance between handlesand
“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.
CHAIN BRAKE AND CKA ANGLE
• Chain Brake, designedto stop the chain in
the event of kickback.
A 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 lightningfast ac
tion which throws the bar and rotating chain
back and up toward the operator. Kickback
can be caused by a I lowing contact of the bar
tip in the danger zone with any hard object.
Kickback can also be caused by pinchingthe
saw chain alongthe topof the guidebar. This
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 OF THE
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 a low 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
Husqvarna Servicing Dealer, or to the near
est Authorized Husqvarna Service Dealer.
• Tip contact in some cases may cause a
lightning fast reverse REACTION, kicking
theguidebarupandback towa rd the oper
ator.
• Pinching the saw chain along the top of the
guide bar may push the guide bar rapidly
back toward the operator.
• Either of these reactions may cause you to
lose control of the saw which could result
in serious injury.Do not rely exclusively
u pon the safety devices bui It into your saw.
WARNING t Computed kickback
angle (CKA) listed on your saw and listed in
the CKA table below represents angle of
kickback your bar and chain combinations
will have when tested in accordance with
CSA {Canadian Standards Association) and
ANSI standards. When purchasing replace
ment bar and chain, considerations should
Computed kic
MODEL
136
141 0.050 GA 16" 91VG~56
141
NOTE: if this saw is to be used for
commercial logging, a chain brake is
required and shall not be removed or
otherwise disabled to comply with Federal
OSHA Regulationsfor Commercial Logging.
Contact your authorized Husqvarna service
dealer.
SAFETY NOTICE: Exposure to
vibrations through prolonged use of gasoline
powered hand tools could cause blood
vessel or nerve damage in the fingers,
hands, and joints of people prone to
circulation disorders or abnormal swellings.
Prolonged use in cold weather has been
linked to biood vessel damage in otherwise
healthy people. If symptoms occur such as
numbness, pain, loss of strength, change in
skin color or texture, or loss of feeling in the
fingers, hands, or joints, discontinue the use
of this tooi and seek medical attention. An
anti-vibrationsystem does not guaranteethe
avoidance of these problems. Users who
operate power tools on a continual and
regular basis must monitor ciosely their
physicai condition and the condition of this
tool.
SPECIAL NOTICE: Yoursaw is equipped
with a temperaturelimiting muffler and spark
arresting screen which meets the
kback angle (CKA) Ta
BAR
Length
0.050 GA
0.050 GA
14” 91VG/VJ-52
18" H 30-72
be given to the lower CKA values. Lower
CKA values represent safer angles to the
user, higher values indicate more angle and
higher kick energies. Computed angles rep
resented in the non-activated column indi
cate total energy and angle associated with
out activation of the chain brake during
kickback. Activated angle represents chain
stopping time relative to activation angle of
chain break and resulting kick angle of saw.
In all cases lower CKA values represent a
safer operating environment for the user.
The following guide bar and chain combina
tions meet kickback requirements of CSA
Standards Z62.1, Z62.3, & ANSI B175.1
when used on saws listed in this manual.
Use of bar and chain combinations other
than those listed is not recommended and
may not meet the CKA requirements per
standard.
die
CHAIN P/N
requirements of California Codes 4442 and
4443. All U.S. forest land and the states of
California, Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, New
Jersey, Oregon, and Washington require
many internal combustion engines to be
equipped with a spark arrestor screen by
law. If you operate a chain saw in a state or
iocale where such regulations exist, you are
legally responsible for maintaining the
operatingconditionof these parts. Failure to
do so is a violation of the law. Refer to the
SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS sectionfor
maintenance of the Spark Arresting Screen.
Failure to follow all Safety Rules and
Precautions can result in serious injury. If
situationsoccurwhich are not covered in this
manual, usecareand goodjudgement.lfyou
need assistance, contact your authorized
service dealer.
CKA without chain brakeType
11°
11°
38°
STANDARDS
CSA Z62.1 “Chain Saws -■ Occupational
Health and Safety”
CSA Z62.3 “Chain Saw Kickback Occupa
tional Health and Safety”
ANSI B175.1-2000 - “American National
Standard for Powered Tools -• Gasoline
Powered Chain Saw - Safety Require
ments”
ASSEMBLY
Protective gioves (not provided) should be
worn during assembly.
ATTACHINGTHEBAR&CHAIN(lfnot
already attached)
A WARNING : Recheck each assem
bly step if the saw is received assembled. Al
ways wear gioves when handling the chain.
The chain is sharp and can cut you even
when it is not moving!
* Loosen and remove the clamp nuts and
the bar damp from the saw.
* Remove the plastic shipping spacer (if
present).
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