malk315
Running Saws for Therapy
Hi all-
Hope everyone had a very merry Christmas / enjoying holidays if yer not the Christamas type.
Was cutting with the 262 the other day and started having the engine just stop instead of the usual engine still running bogged fully when chain stops and engine puts all of it's power into a stopped clutch (you know the bogg sound where you can usually just let up to get her spinning again and maybe put less pressure on the dog if you are dogged in w/ bar buried)... Ok so I was having fun cutting oversized wood with the MMWS 262...
After doing that 5 or 6 times I stopped realizing something is probably up -- restarts were fine after pulling out of the wood so I know clutch not stuck. 372 did the rest of the work that day.
Took clutch cover off today on bench and found when rim floats anywhere not near perfect center it will bind. It will bind bad if trying to turn chain backwards and "crunchy" when turning forwards. Lots of times will grab the crank and can turn crank shaft... ouch. Clutch spring inspection looks ok to me, drum has quite a bit of play (can wobble around earily) but I don't know what is normal. Rim can float back and fourth on it's spur teeth -- hard to tell without clutch off if entire assembly has play on the needle bearing.
I'm guessing time for new needle bearing. Hoping clutch drum is OK.
Tried to take clutch off -- removed plug, filled cylinder with nylon cord, used 19mm wrench on hex nut I can barely grab and not having success (I think a 3/4 socket fits it about as well as a 19mm wrench).
I've read on here a 15mm wrench should do it -- no way on here. I've also read about spanner sockets to get these off ... first I heard of spanner. Would it be a 15mm spanner as opposed to 15mm regular socket which I know will not go over the hex bolt portion?
Anyone have a link to a spanner that is known to work on these? -- just need the one spanner but if a set is not too expensive I'll make the investment. Be happy to buy from a sponsor, not in a hurry to fix the saw since winter is upon us (well... not lately has there been winter!)
Also -- nylon rope got hung up on something inside (edge of a port or something) and spun backward and had to pull free and maybe some nylon fragments got left behind -- should I be concerned? (not a big piece but likely frayed stuff may have been left -- Or will this hopefully get kicked into the muffler and burn up once it heats up next time? w/o plug after getting it out spins just fine perfect now.
Thanks for any advice. Mattyo if you read this I know you've had these apart completely if you were a little closer I would come pay a visit for a little schooling and maybe some tool advise!
Here's a picture where mine should be the same parts from when Mattyo sold a whole clutch setup on the tradin' post:
http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/262xp-clutch-drum-bearing.289999/
Hope everyone had a very merry Christmas / enjoying holidays if yer not the Christamas type.
Was cutting with the 262 the other day and started having the engine just stop instead of the usual engine still running bogged fully when chain stops and engine puts all of it's power into a stopped clutch (you know the bogg sound where you can usually just let up to get her spinning again and maybe put less pressure on the dog if you are dogged in w/ bar buried)... Ok so I was having fun cutting oversized wood with the MMWS 262...
After doing that 5 or 6 times I stopped realizing something is probably up -- restarts were fine after pulling out of the wood so I know clutch not stuck. 372 did the rest of the work that day.
Took clutch cover off today on bench and found when rim floats anywhere not near perfect center it will bind. It will bind bad if trying to turn chain backwards and "crunchy" when turning forwards. Lots of times will grab the crank and can turn crank shaft... ouch. Clutch spring inspection looks ok to me, drum has quite a bit of play (can wobble around earily) but I don't know what is normal. Rim can float back and fourth on it's spur teeth -- hard to tell without clutch off if entire assembly has play on the needle bearing.
I'm guessing time for new needle bearing. Hoping clutch drum is OK.
Tried to take clutch off -- removed plug, filled cylinder with nylon cord, used 19mm wrench on hex nut I can barely grab and not having success (I think a 3/4 socket fits it about as well as a 19mm wrench).
I've read on here a 15mm wrench should do it -- no way on here. I've also read about spanner sockets to get these off ... first I heard of spanner. Would it be a 15mm spanner as opposed to 15mm regular socket which I know will not go over the hex bolt portion?
Anyone have a link to a spanner that is known to work on these? -- just need the one spanner but if a set is not too expensive I'll make the investment. Be happy to buy from a sponsor, not in a hurry to fix the saw since winter is upon us (well... not lately has there been winter!)
Also -- nylon rope got hung up on something inside (edge of a port or something) and spun backward and had to pull free and maybe some nylon fragments got left behind -- should I be concerned? (not a big piece but likely frayed stuff may have been left -- Or will this hopefully get kicked into the muffler and burn up once it heats up next time? w/o plug after getting it out spins just fine perfect now.
Thanks for any advice. Mattyo if you read this I know you've had these apart completely if you were a little closer I would come pay a visit for a little schooling and maybe some tool advise!
Here's a picture where mine should be the same parts from when Mattyo sold a whole clutch setup on the tradin' post:
http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/262xp-clutch-drum-bearing.289999/