First Husqvarna: Newbie Question

[Vernon Tull]

I ran across a good deal on a new Husq 350, and thanks to this wildly addictive place I just had to lay out the cash and take it home (I was satisfied with one simple home-owner Stihl before I fell into the clutches of ArboristSite -- now I'm a like a drug addict always looking for my next purchase).

A maintenance point that I've not been familiar with on my Stihls and old Homelites is this: the 350 manual says to inject grease into the bar in a tiny hole near the nose sprocket with "the special grease tool" after every fuel fillup. I don't have a special grease tool, nor did one come with the saw.

Is this just a Husqvarna thing?

 

[computeruser]

Don't waste your time.

Lots of bars have grease ports, most folks don't grease the bars and have no problems whatsoever. If your oiler is working properly you'll be dumping plenty of oil up there and lubrication won't be a problem. In some cutting conditions, greasing the tip further serves to accumulate abrasive crap that would otherwise fall out if lubricated with oil alone.

 

[Urbicide]

Did your saw come in a sealed box? My 372 and 359 both came with a grease gun, a tube of bearing grease, scrench, allen wrenches, safety manual, and owner's manual. Most stores that carry Oregon chains have an Oregon grease gun for sale. Usually goes for around $6 here. Once you start greasing the nose sprocket you have to keep on doing so.

 

[spike60]

Husky only includes the grease gun, in the "XP tool kit", with the XP saws, the one exception being the 359 which also has it. All other saws come only with a bar wrench.

I agree with computeruser, (as usual), that greasing the tip is a waste of time and virtually no one ever does it. Bar oil seems to provide the necessary lubrication for the bar tip for most applications.

 

[Elmore]

I Grease My Nose Sprocket

Regularly. I derive intense pleasure and satisfaction knowing that I have utilized this feature that was engineered into my guide bar for a reason.

 

[begleytree]

I grease mine regularly. I derive intense pleasure and satisfaction knowing that I have utilized this feature that was engineered into my guide bar for a reason.

As do I. only sprocket nose failure I ever had was on a bar I never greased (no hole)
Some do, some don't. seems to work either way.

Greasing them works for me. I buy cans of hi temp grease at wally world, forget the hi price dealer stuff, Its basically the same thing.
-Ralph

 

[oldsaw]

I nail it every day before I start sawing. Not much cost, not much effort, and the only one I've ever had lock up was on a used bar where the hole was packed with dirt...he didn't use it.

Mark

 

[Four Paws]

You can buy a tip that will thread into a REAL grease gun that will allow you to grease your bar, clutch side needle bearing, etc. I picked one up at my local car quest auto parts store for like $3. Way better than those junky plastic grease guns that Oregon sells. If I remember, i will post up a picture tomorrow.