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If you have removed the bolts that hold the cover, and the chain is still tight on the bar, locate the chain tension screw and turn it to release tension on the chain. The screw drives the pin that fits into the hole on the bar. When you replace the chain, line up the pin and the hole, and ensure the chain is seated in the bar. Tighten the screw until the bar does not move and the chain does not fall off. Adjust to the normal tension for your saw and replace the cover.

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Please I need a diagram for camshaft timing for 2004 Passat 1.8t

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  • Fig. 2 Lock carrier disconnection
  • Fig. 3 Lock carrier service position
  • Fig. 4 Camshaft sprocket alignment
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  • Fig. 7 Camshaft bearing cap removal
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  • Fig. 9 Camshaft chain tensioner seal installation
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  • Fig. 11 Double bearing cap installation
  • Fig. 12 Camshaft gear installation
  • Fig. 13 Toothed belt tensioning device release
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I don't know how to change the blade.

Chain saws don't have a blade,so i think that you need to give me more info about what your problem is.If you mean the chain bar that the chain runs along,then you need to remove the cover from the chain bar and then loosen the bolts that hold the bar on and then slide the bar back until you can remove the chain,once the chain is off you can then just pull out the bar.
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Replacing Remington Electric chain saw blade

Where the bar meets the body of the saw there is an adjustment lug that will either push the bar outward tightening the chain or may be retracted allowing slack in the chain. When backed off (loosened) sufficiently, the chain may be removed for replacement. In order to use this feature, however, there are two bolts that secure the bar to the body that must be loosened prior to any adjustment and tightened bach up after making adjustments to the chain. The above will be enough to remove and replae the chain. If you are taking off the bar (that the chain runs on), you will need to remove the two bolts that were just loosened for the chain adjustment (above).
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