Grease It?

FarmTough · Jun 4, 2009

How many people here grease their bar sprocket? I was told not to do it because once you do then it has to be done every day and it can cause saw dust to jamb everything up.

Curious as to what people on here do, grease or not?

valekbrothers · Jun 4, 2009

About every second or third tank of gas, give it a couple little squirts......

Good To Go!

mikefunaro · Jun 4, 2009

I grease; using a grease gun with the tiny zerk tip is just too fun to pass up.

dingeryote · Jun 4, 2009

Yep.

Got it into my head I'm supposed to grease 'em a long time ago, and ain't quit.

Justa little dab each time the saw is broken out seems to work fine.

Has to be a "Special" grease though LOL!!

GAAAAARRRRRYYYYY.

Stay safe!
Dingeryote

miller1 · Jun 4, 2009

Every time i sharpen or swap chains i grease mine.

Jtheo · Jun 5, 2009

I grease mine on a regular basis.

Thechap · Jun 5, 2009

I grease mine when I think about it.

PatrickIreland · Jun 5, 2009

Never grease mine...

blis · Jun 5, 2009

PatrickIreland said:
Never grease mine...

:agree2:

Lasts longer without greasing...

DTHCoCo · Jun 5, 2009

Never grease mine either

euroford · Jun 5, 2009

i seam to always forget about it.

maybe if i had a spiffy grease gun.

but those plastic grease injectors that come from husky are weaksauce.

gmax · Jun 5, 2009

Never grease mine , chain oil seems to do a good job without drying out like grease.

Cantdog · Jun 5, 2009

Used to but lost the grease gun out of tractor in the woods haven't greased since, lets see----I think that was 1981 or so. Never had a problem when I greased. Never had a problem since I quit. :cheers:

edisto · Jun 5, 2009

I think a lot more people grease their sprocket than use the search function...

Check here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here for starters.

Country1 · Jun 5, 2009

Never grease mine. Never had a problem...
That's what bar oil is for.... :cheers:

371groundie · Jun 5, 2009

never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever. i own three production saws, one sentimental saw, and take care of my dads and a couple friends. none of the, get greased either.

dont start, or do it all the time. but dont start is easier.

warjohn · Jun 5, 2009

I don't grease.

Bowtie · Jun 5, 2009

Another reason to use Stihl bars. Never need greased, and they last a long time.

Non greaseable tip from Stihl, wow, somebody figured it out a long time ago.

E.V.A. Sawman · Jun 5, 2009

Few years back had some bars repaired at cannon, asked the rep. about grease in the tip. He said if you grease them keep doing it, if you don't then do not start.

maccall · Jun 6, 2009

No, never have on any bar of any brand, and I have never had a problem with the bar tip sprockets.

However, I do feed it a little extra bar oil when using a new bar for the first time, or maybe if the bar hasn't been used for a very long time, but that's it.

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