How to Change the Air Filter on a Chainsaw
Hi! This is Drew Finn here for Expert Village. Today we are going to talk about
how to use and maintain a chainsaw. After a hard day of cutting, say you've
been cutting 5 or 6 hours or you are in a real dusty environment, you will want
to change the filter or at least clean it. Certain filters are different with
different chainsaws and the Husqvarna I'll show you how to do that. First I will
remove the cover. There are 3 clamps on that. Move the cover and we have access
on the inside. This is the filter. What we want to do is take this spring
clamp off, pull the filter and if you have a replacement, put a new one on. I usually
clean it with an air hose or this particular is a cloth one. On my steel,
it is a metal one and I can actually clean it with a toothbrush that I keep but
on this particular one, is cloth so you don't want to hit it with anything mechanical.
I blow it off for the hose or get a new one depending on how worn it
is and we will reinstall it. Just pop it back on, line the components up and put
the snap on. Be very careful not to be pushing on the filter itself because
it is paper, you can stick your finger through and then its no good. If you do
do that, I don't care if yoiu have a tree half down, you've got to get a new filter
because you start sucking anything into your carburetor, then you could be
in some major repairs for your chainsaw. So then we put the cover back on and
that is how you change an air filter in a chainsaw.
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