Husqvarna K 1260 - User Manual

English – 5 WHAT IS WHAT? What is what on the power cutter - K 1260? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 19 23 24 25 26 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 27 28 21 1 Front handle 2 Water tap 3 Information and warning decal 4 Air filter cover 5 Cylinder cover 6 Choke control 7 Start throttle lock 8 Stop switch 9 Fuel ca...

6 – English WHAT IS WHAT? What is what on the power cutter - K 1260 Rail? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 20 22 24 25 26 28 27 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 29 30 23 1 Mounting for rail fixture 2 Information and warning decal 3 Air filter cover 4 Cylinder cover 5 Choke control 6 Start throttle lock 7 Stop swit...

English – 7 MACHINE´S SAFETY EQUIPMENT General This section describes the machine´s safety equipment, its purpose, and how checks and maintenance should be carried out to ensure that it operates correctly. Throttle lockout The throttle trigger lock is designed to prevent accidental operation of the ...

8 – English MACHINE´S SAFETY EQUIPMENT Vibration damping system • Your machine is equipped with a vibration damping system that is designed to minimize vibration and make operation easier. • The machine ′ s vibration damping system reduces the transfer of vibration between the engine unit/cutting eq...

English – 9 CUTTING BLADES General • Cutting blades are available in two basic designs; abrasive baldes and diamond blades. • High-quality blades are often most economical. Lower quality blades often have inferior cutting capacity and a shorter service life, which results in a higher cost in relatio...

10 – English CUTTING BLADES • Ensure the blade it not cracked or damaged in any other way. • Test the abrasive blade by hanging it on your finger and tapping it lightly with a screwdriver or the like. If the blade does not produce a resonant, ringing sound it is damaged. Abrasive blades for differen...

English – 11 ASSEMBLING AND ADJUSTMENTS General Husqvarna’s blades are approved for hand-held power cutters. Checking the drive shaft and flange washers When the blade is replaced with a new one, check the flange washers and the drive shaft. • Check that the threads on the drive shaft are undamaged....

English – 13 FUEL HANDLING General Fuel Petrol • Use good quality unleaded or leaded petrol. • The lowest octane recommended is 90 (RON). If you run the engine on a lower octane grade than 90 so-called knocking can occur. This gives rise to a high engine temperature, which can result in serious engi...

14 – English OPERATING Protective equipment General • Do not use the machine unless you are able to call for help in the event of an accident. Personal protective equipment You must use approved personal protective equipment whenever you use the machine. Personal protective equipment cannot eliminat...

English – 15 OPERATING Work area safety • Observe your surroundings to ensure that nothing can affect your control of the machine. • Ensure that no one/nothing can come into contact with the cutting equipment or be hit by parts if the blade breaks. • Do not use the machine in bad weather, such as de...

16 – English OPERATING • Feed down the machine in line with the blade. Pressure from the side can damage the blade and is very dangerous. • Move the blade slowly forwards and backwards to achieve a small contact area between the blade and the material to be cut. This reduces the temperature of the b...

English – 17 OPERATING • Begin the cutting process by swinging the machine back and forth horizontally. This way the cutting blade’s contact surface to the rail is minimised, which reduces the risk of the blade glazing. • When you have cut through the head (A), you continue cutting the rib (B) and f...

18 – English OPERATING Kickback zone Never use the kickback zone of the blade for cutting. If the blade is pinched or stalled in the kickback zone, the reactive force will push the power cutter up and back towards the user in a rotating motion causing serious or even fatal injury. Climbing kickback ...

English – 19 STARTING AND STOPPING Before starting • Perform daily maintenance. See instructions in the section "Maintenance". Starting • Decompression valve: Press in the valve to reduce the pressure in the cylinder, this is to assist starting the power cutter. The decompression valve shoul...

20 – English STARTING AND STOPPING Stopping • Stop the engine by moving the stop switch (STOP) to the right. ! CAUTION! The cutting blade continues to rotate up to a minute after the motor has stopped. (Blade coasting.) Make sure that the cutting blade can rotate freely until it is completely stoppe...

English – 21 MAINTENANCE General • Let your Husqvarna dealer regularly check the machine and make essential adjustments and repairs. Maintenance schedule In the maintenance schedule you can see which parts of your machine that require maintenance, and with which intervals it should take place. The i...

22 – English MAINTENANCE Cleaning External cleaning • Clean the machine daily by rinsing it with clean water after the work is finished. Cooling air intake • Clean the cooling air intake when needed. Spark plug • If the machine is low on power, difficult to start or runs poorly at idle speed: always...

English – 23 MAINTENANCE Replacing the drive belt • First release the two bolts and then the adjuster screw to release the belt tension. • Now unscrew the bolts and dismantle the belt guard. • Remove the belt from the belt pulley. • The cutting head is now loose and can be removed from the machine. ...

24 – English MAINTENANCE Starter Checking the starter cord • Loosen the screws that hold the starter against the crankcase and remove the starter. • Pull the cord out about 30 cm and lift it into the cut-out in the periphery of the starter pulley. When the cord is intact: Release the spring tension ...

English – 25 MAINTENANCE Fitting the starter • To fit the starter, first pull out the starter cord and place the starter in position against the crankcase. Then slowly release the starter cord so that the pulley engages with the pawls. • Tighten the screws. Fuel system General • Check that the fuel ...

26 – 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. The difference between guaranteed and measured sound power is that the guaranteed sound power also includes dispersion in the measurement ...

English – 27 TECHNICAL DATA EC-declaration of conformity (Applies to Europe only) Husqvarna AB , SE-561 82 Huskvarna, Sweden, tel +46-36-146500, declares under sole responsibility that the power cutters Husqvarna K 1260, K 1260 Rail from 2010’s serial numbers and onwards (the year is clearly stated ...

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