husky 51 questions

[williamrobert1]

I was wondering if anybody could tell me weather or not my husky 51 has ana adjustable oiler. And also how to tell if the oiler is putting out enough. I would also like some advice on tuning. Any help is much appreciated.

 

[HUSKYMAN]

I dont believe the oiler on that saw is adjustable. To test the oiler simply make sure you can feel a little (not a lot) of oil on the drive tangs of the chain. Also point the bar at a stump (about six inches away) and accelerate to WOT a couple times. You should be able to see small oil spots on the stump as the oil flings off the chain.

 

[glens]

Hi WilliamRobert, welcome to the forum.

We often like to have a lot of fun here, if you haven't noticed.  Along those lines I can't help but think that if your MI were MS, your handle might be BillyBob1.  Maybe even as far north as Fish's KY.

Glen

 

[Fish]

A little known fact from our country's history, is that Indiana
was actually a penal colony, where all of the riff-raff from europe
was sent. Kind of like Australia, but with bigger mosquitoes.
So the lowlifes that post here from Indiana, need to be ignored!


Michigan was North America's version of Devil's Island for
France, so giving them chainsaws was a bad idea.

As far as the oiler goes, dump out the oil, then rinse the tank
a few times with gas or mineral spirits, then run the saw a
few minutes with the bar off, and check for flow.
If it improves, dump it out and add oil, then check for flow
again. It may have one of those cheap Poulan oilers, which
replacing them is not too costly, like $9.

 

[Tony Snyder]

Fish was that a plug for the inexpensive and easy to replace Poulan oilers? Are you selling them now?

 

[Fish]

Yeah, I bought a gross of them real cheap! I sell to Poulan
or Husky customers without any prejudice.

 

[Beavergirl]

I've had the pleasure of using my fathers 51, w/78 driver bar, for the past 3 weekends and can offer the following.

Unless a simple muffler mod can be accomplished, I'd not opt to tune such a saw. It is simply too small to bother with IMHO.

Assuming your 51 is using .325 chain, you will obtain outstanding results by changing the rim sprocket to an 8 tooth and use Oregon Full Comp Square Chisel chain. Dad had been using semi chisel (chipper) with anti-kickback links for years. When I first handled the saw it cut most offensively, but then again I'm accostomed to a 046 Magnum using round chisel too. Once the change over to square chisel chain and 8 tooth rim sprocket the saw more than doubled its performance. One handing the saw GYPO style, the saw pulled itself through with ease. Neither of us can file or grind square chisel chain but we bought this style as the price was the same for round chisel, and we could grind the square to round when it became dull. I had my doubts about the 8 tooth sprocket and if the engine possessed enough headroom to accomodate the higher chain speed, but they were quickly relegated to insignificance.

We needed to use a small spline 8 tooth rim sprocket. 15mm wrench will torque off the clutch by removing the starter cover and counter driving the opposite side of the crankshaft.

Not a bad little saw when you use good chain and raise its speed a little.

Candice