wolfpawtimber
ArboristSite Member
Purchased a Homelite Super 1130G a while back and am finally getting around to doing some work on it. 
It has great compression and needed a new fuel line to get it running well (the old on had dissolved long ago). The only problems I have with it are, it didn't come with a bar or chain (uses 1/2") and it sprays gear oil from the sprocket drive shaft. Upon tearing it down, I found that the shaft fractured at one point at the keyway and broke off a piece. It was still w/ the shaft though. The PO who was in his late 60's bought it new when he worked for the Forest Service w/ a 6' bar and an Alaskan Mill. He and a couple other fellows got packed in to a hot springs in Oregon and fell trees, milled them into lumber, and built cabins/ an enclosure for the hot springs. The bar wore out and the saw got parked on a shelf.
Need to get a .404 gear/ rim drive sprocket for it, air cleaner, guide plates, bar adjuster, and fix the leak to get it fully operational again. I found a NOS seal on Ebay last year PN: 56256B and have a few questions on where to go next. On the sprocket drive shaft, there is a sleeve that goes over it that is between it and the seal. With that in place, the seal is not riding against the shaft. I would imagine that is how the gear oil is able to spray out. According to the IPL there is no sleeve there, but the new and old seal are exactly the same... Does anybody have some insight into how I should proceed? Pics of saw and the sprocket drive shaft below....
1130G PDF:
http://www.arboristsite.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=141533&d=1277169940
It has great compression and needed a new fuel line to get it running well (the old on had dissolved long ago). The only problems I have with it are, it didn't come with a bar or chain (uses 1/2") and it sprays gear oil from the sprocket drive shaft. Upon tearing it down, I found that the shaft fractured at one point at the keyway and broke off a piece. It was still w/ the shaft though. The PO who was in his late 60's bought it new when he worked for the Forest Service w/ a 6' bar and an Alaskan Mill. He and a couple other fellows got packed in to a hot springs in Oregon and fell trees, milled them into lumber, and built cabins/ an enclosure for the hot springs. The bar wore out and the saw got parked on a shelf. Need to get a .404 gear/ rim drive sprocket for it, air cleaner, guide plates, bar adjuster, and fix the leak to get it fully operational again. I found a NOS seal on Ebay last year PN: 56256B and have a few questions on where to go next. On the sprocket drive shaft, there is a sleeve that goes over it that is between it and the seal. With that in place, the seal is not riding against the shaft. I would imagine that is how the gear oil is able to spray out. According to the IPL there is no sleeve there, but the new and old seal are exactly the same... Does anybody have some insight into how I should proceed? Pics of saw and the sprocket drive shaft below....
1130G PDF:
http://www.arboristsite.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=141533&d=1277169940
Talk about screaming rpm's going down the highway! Anyway, I can get a new shaft so I will probably be ordering it here pretty soon and getting the saw back into usable condition.
I filled up the gear drive case about 7/8's of the way with gear oil, is that the proper amount, or should it be to the bottom of the fill plug when the saw is level?
