Not sure if this will help in your case, but I recently had problems gettin g a Poulon chain saw back together. It turned out that the kick-back bar go t into the stop position; when I put it back in the run position, everythin g went back together without any problems. I had to turn that three-vaned t hing to the run position using needle-nosed pliers and it took a lot of for ce.
Paul
replying to Danny D., Will Boyd wrote: Be nice to know if Husqvarna makes a tool for it, but you can buy the entire side (spring installed) for about $20 and the tool would probably cost that much or more.
Plety of Youtube videos on this. Trick is to make sure the break is in the position that lets you have the most room.
Here is one.
replying to Pavel314, Marty wrote: The reason it takes so much force is the included angle between the two arms that compress the spring is about 90 degrees in the brake on position. Decrease that angle and it is easy-peazy. How? Insert a medium flat blade screwdriver between the case and the arm with the roller, rotate it until the blade will remain in position by itself (hold the spring down with your thumb while doing this) That will open the angle up and make the next step easy.. Then take a larger screwdriver, position it between the arm with the star and the case, and rotate it until the two arms go over center into the brake off position. Reassemble your saw! Took me five minutes, no special tools.
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