Use and Care Manual

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IMPORTANT
Chain and guide bar gauge size must be identical. Use Bar/Chain combinations shown in table
above.
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.
Chain anD guiDe baR Combinations
The following combinations may be used on CS-303T.
WARNING
Use of replacement saw chain and/or guide bar other than that specied, or operation without the “tip guard” in place,
may cause severe kickback resulting in serious injury.
Only use saw chain designated as, “LOW-KICKBACK,” that meets the ANSI B175.1-2000 Standard when tested on
the representative sample of chain saws below 3.8 C.I.D., and the Echo guide bar specied.
*Reduced nose radius symmetrical bars (OREGON name — Double Guard)
SAW CHAIN
(Low-kickback)
CAUTION
Do not use replacement saw chain unless
it has been designated as meeting the
ANSI B175.1 - 2000 kickback performance
requirements, when tested on the
representative sample of chain saws below
3.8 c.i.d. specied in ANSI B175.1 - 2000.
NOTE
LOW KICKBACK SAW CHAIN meets the
kickback performance requirements of ANSI
B175.1 - 2000 (safety requirements for gasoline-
powered chain saws).
GUIDE BAR
(Low-kickback)
Replacement guide bars.
The following guide bars may be considered to
have equivalent kickback energy.
• Sprocket nose guide bars of the same length and nose
radius, same pitch and having the same number of
teeth.
• Hard nose guide bars of the same length and nose
radius as a sprocket nose bar.
BAR
LENGTH
LOW KICKBACK
GUARD BAR
LOW KICKBACK SAW CHAIN KICK GUARD
BAR P/N CHAIN P/N LINKS TYPE PITCH GAUGE
ECHO P/N
(OEM P/N)
12” 12A0CD3745
91PX45CQ
91VG45CQ
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91 3/8” 0.050
2894901
28949
14” 14A0CD3752
91PX52CQ
91VG52CQ
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