Husqvarna 323RII - Manual

GENERAL SAFETY PRECA UTIONS 6 – English Impor tant Personal protective equipment HELMET A helmet should be w orn if the trees being cleared are taller than 2 m. HEARING PROTECTION Wear hearing protection that provides adequate noise reduction. EYE PROTECTION Always wear approved eye protection. If y...

GENERAL SAFETY PRECA UTIONS English – 7 BOO TS Wear boots with steel toe-caps and non-slip sole. CLOTHING Wear clothes made of a strong fabric and avoid loose clothing that can catch on twigs and branches. Always wear heavy, long pants. Do not wear jewellery, shorts sandals or go barefoot. Secure ha...

GENERAL SAFETY PRECA UTIONS 8 – English Stop switch Use the stop switch to switch off the engine. Start the engine and make sure the engine stops when you move the stop switch to the stop setting. Cutting attachment guard This guard is intended to prevent loose objects from being thrown towards the ...

GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS English – 9 fitted with a catalytic converter is also designed to reduce harmful exhaust gases. In countries that have a warm and dry climate there is a significant risk of fire. We therefore fit certain mufflers with a spark arrestor mesh. Check whether the muffler on you...

GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 10 – English Cutting equipment This section describes how to choose and maintain your cutting equipment in order to: • Reduce the risk of blade thrust. • Obtain maximum cutting performance. • Extend the life of cutting equipment. Cutting equipment Saw blades are intended f...

GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS English – 11 • Sharpen all edges equally to maintain the balance of the blade. Sharpening the saw blade • See the cutting attachment packaging for correct sharpening instructions. A correctly sharpened blade is essential for working efficiently and to avoid unnecessary wea...

ASSEMBLY 12 – English Fitting the handlebar (323RII) • Remove the screw at the rear of the throttle handle. • Slide the throttle handle onto the right side of the handlebar, (see diagram). • Align the screw hole in the throttle handle with the hole in the handlebar. • Refit the screw in the hole in ...

ASSEMBLY English – 13 • Position the handlebar as shown. Fit the mounting components and tighten the knob lightly. • Put on the harness and hang the machine from the support hook. Now make a final adjustment so that the machine is in a comfortable working position when it hangs from the harness. Tig...

ASSEMBLY 16 – English Adjusting the harness and clearing saw Standard harness Quick release At the front is an easily accessible, quick release. Use this if the engine catches fire or in any other emergency situation that requires you to free yourself from the machine and harness. Spreading the load...

FUEL HANDLING English – 17 Fuel safety Never start the machine: 1 If you have spilt fuel on it. Wipe off the spillage and allow remaining fuel to evaporate. 2 If you have spilt fuel on yourself or your clothes, change your clothes. Wash any part of your body that has come in contact with fuel. Use s...

FUEL HANDLING 18 – English Mixing • Always mix the petrol and oil in a clean container intended for fuel. • Always start by filling half the amount of the petrol to be used. Then add the entire amount of oil. Mix (shake) the fuel mixture. Add the remaining amount of petrol. • Mix (shake) the fuel mi...

STARTING AND STOPPING English – 19 Check before starting • Check the blade to ensure that no cracks have formed at the bottom of the teeth or by the centre hole. The most common reason why cracks are formed is that sharp corners have been formed at the bottom of the teeth while sharpening or that th...

STARTING AND STOPPING 20 – English Choke: Set the choke control in the choke position. Hold the body of the machine on the ground using your left hand (CAUTION! Not with your foot!). Grip the starter handle, slowly pull out the cord with your right hand until you feel some resistance (the starter pa...

WORKING TECHNIQUES English – 21 General working instructions Basic safety rules 1 Look around you: • To ensure that people, animals or other things cannot affect your control of the machine. • To ensure that people, animals, etc., do not come into contact with the cutting attachment or loose objects...

WORKING TECHNIQUES 22 – English The ABC of clearing • Always use the correct equipment. • Make sure the equipment is well adjusted. • Follow the safety precautions. • Organise your work carefully. • Always use full throttle when starting to cut with the blade. • Always use sharp blades. • Avoid ston...

WORKING TECHNIQUES English – 23 conditions, so that cleared stems fall in the cleared area of the stand. Forestry clearing using a saw blade • The risk of blade thrust increases with increasing stem size. You should therefore avoid cutting with the area of the blade between 12 o'clock and 3 o'clock....

WORKING TECHNIQUES 24 – English Brush cutting with a saw blade • Thin stems and brush are mown down. Work with a sawing movement, swinging sideways. • Try to cut several stems in a single sawing movement. • With groups of hardwood stems, first clear around the group. Start by cutting the stems high ...

MAINTENANCE 26 – English Carburettor Your Husqvarna product has been designed and manufactured to specifications that reduce harmful emissions. After the engine has used 8-10 tanks of fuel the engine will be run-in. To ensure that it continues to run at peak performance and to minimise harmful exhau...

MAINTENANCE English – 27 Low speed jet L Try to find the highest idle speed by turning the low speed jet L clockwise then anti-clockwise. When the highest speed has been found, turn the low speed jet L 1/4 turn anti-clockwise. CAUTION! If the cutting attachment rotates when the engine is idling the ...

MAINTENANCE 28 – English Adjusting the start throttle speed The correct start throttle speed is set by means of an adjuster on the rear of the handle next to the cable. Use this screw (4 mm Allen screw) to increase or decrease the start throttle speed. Proceed as follows: 1 Run the machine at idle. ...

MAINTENANCE English – 29 Cooling system To keep the working temperature as low as possible the machine is equipped with a cooling system. The cooling system consists of: 1 Air intake on the starter. 2 Fins on the flywheel. 3 Cooling fins on the cylinder. 4 Cylinder cover (directs cold air over the c...

MAINTENANCE 30 – English Oiling the air filter Always use HUSQVARNA filter oil, art. no. 531 00 92-48. The filter oil contains a solvent to make it spread evenly through the filter. You should therefore avoid skin contact. Put the filter in a plastic bag and pour the filter oil over it. Knead the pl...

English – 31 MAINTENANCE Maintenance schedule The following is a list of the maintenance that must be performed on the machine. Most of the items are described in the Maintenance section. The user must only carry out the maintenance and service work described in this Operator’s Manual. More extensiv...

32 – English TECHNICAL DATA Technical data Note 1: Noise emissions in the environment measured as sound power (L WA ) in conformity with EC directive 2000/14/ EC. Note 2: Equivalent sound pressure level is calculated as the time-weighted energy total for sound pressure levels under various working c...