# Need Help With Chainsaw: Chain Falling Off.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-chainsaw-chain-falling-off/354914>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 1, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-chainsaw-chain-falling-off/354914 "2006-05-01T03:32:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-chainsaw-chain-falling-off/354914/21 "2017-04-04T14:20:23Z")

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There the two large nuts that hold the bar on … and there’s a smaller screw and nut for adjusting tension, and this nut has a bit of a flange on it … that flange _has_ to insert into the hole in the bar … so that as we turn the screw, that flanged nut will push or pull the bar in or out …

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**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-chainsaw-chain-falling-off/354914/22 "2017-04-04T21:32:36Z")

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A little late for the OP but still a good resource.

[Poulan Pro Chainsaw manuals](https://www.manualslib.com/brand/poulan-pro/chainsaw.html). And thousands of other manuals as well.

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