I am trying to learn and grow out of a need to heat my home for my large family, to feed my family from our small orchard, and to try to give my children some future economic gain from maintaining our blessing of a reasonable size plantation of Black Walnut Trees. We do not have a lot of money, we barely could (or can) afford what we got, so I must prevail. This is War@Woodz.
I purchased a Husqvarna 395xp W because I already burned up a Husqvarna 450 from not doing my homework. I learned a lot just from the experience, but I have so much to learn. I am trying not to allow anything to be missed this time around. I cannot put that burden of ignorance on my family again, nor have this financial investment not "bear fruit."
I am sorry for this long rant, but I want anyone reading this to know why I am asking all of the questions that I will be asking. The Answer Army at the Husqvarna site is pretending I don't exist. I just know that there must be someone out there that can remember being at the bottom and the bloody nail climb up to where they are now at.
Now back to the actual question, the Husqvarna 395xp W. It made economic sense (even though I made a mistake in the knowledge sharing arena not going to a dealer) to buy this chainsaw from an online dealer. The chainsaw came without the front handle being assembled on the chainsaw.
I searched the manual, the original Husqvarna packaging, the shipping packaging from the online dealer, the Husqvarna website, and I could not find assembly instructions for the disassembled front handle for this chainsaw. it seems simple enough, however, what torque should be put on the bolts to help prevent them from coming loose, or snapping the bolts and damaging the retention holes, should I use thread lock when installing the retention bolts, or is this not a good idea, how should the support bar be placed, and where should the furnished sleeve sit on the handle?
It seems simple enough, but... The more internet research I do, the more I find (examples on other chainsaws) that improperly mounted (to include improperly torqued bolts) components on a chainsaw can have quite severe consequences. This just adds to my own experience from my old 450, making me want to pursue this matter until I know I am doing this right.
Please help if you can and I thank you for your time and effort in regards to this matter.
I purchased a Husqvarna 395xp W because I already burned up a Husqvarna 450 from not doing my homework. I learned a lot just from the experience, but I have so much to learn. I am trying not to allow anything to be missed this time around. I cannot put that burden of ignorance on my family again, nor have this financial investment not "bear fruit."
I am sorry for this long rant, but I want anyone reading this to know why I am asking all of the questions that I will be asking. The Answer Army at the Husqvarna site is pretending I don't exist. I just know that there must be someone out there that can remember being at the bottom and the bloody nail climb up to where they are now at.
Now back to the actual question, the Husqvarna 395xp W. It made economic sense (even though I made a mistake in the knowledge sharing arena not going to a dealer) to buy this chainsaw from an online dealer. The chainsaw came without the front handle being assembled on the chainsaw.
I searched the manual, the original Husqvarna packaging, the shipping packaging from the online dealer, the Husqvarna website, and I could not find assembly instructions for the disassembled front handle for this chainsaw. it seems simple enough, however, what torque should be put on the bolts to help prevent them from coming loose, or snapping the bolts and damaging the retention holes, should I use thread lock when installing the retention bolts, or is this not a good idea, how should the support bar be placed, and where should the furnished sleeve sit on the handle?
It seems simple enough, but... The more internet research I do, the more I find (examples on other chainsaws) that improperly mounted (to include improperly torqued bolts) components on a chainsaw can have quite severe consequences. This just adds to my own experience from my old 450, making me want to pursue this matter until I know I am doing this right.
Please help if you can and I thank you for your time and effort in regards to this matter.