I had a mishap with my Timber Bear the other day while out cutting with my son.I'd had the saw out several times this month & had no problems with it since replacing the FW side seal.I fired the saw up & made a few cuts,then I heard the weirdest noise come from the recoil & the saw shut off.I looked down & saw the recoil half hanging on & off the saw & thought this can't be good.I always take more saws than I'll need because out of 4, 3 usually break down.My son likes to use the Husky 41,so we took that.The other 3 saws crapped out on me - Timber Bear,PM 310,& a Homie XL-103.I got back home & tore into the T.B.& found that 3 of the 4 screws that hold the recoil on either fell out,or broke off in the oil tank.I won't even bother with trying to get the screws out,so I've got one coming from Mark.
About 2 weeks ago I bought another Timber Bear on Feebay for $40.The seller said the recoil wasn't working & probably needed a new spring.I don't know what conditions the saw was stored in,but the recoil was seized tight,as was the oil pump rod,& the OPL.I had one helluva time getting the screws out that holds the recoil on.I worked on the recoil for quite some time & finally put a different recoil into the assembly.I had the original recoil in my vise & I'd sprayed it with Deep Creep & worked it a bit,but really got nowhere.I let it set in the vise overnight & let the penetrant do it's magic.The next morning I needed the vise & took the recoil out & just for the helluvit I pulled the rope & it came right out & retracted like a new one! Next was getting the oil pump rod out,that was fairly easy,but it just wouldn't go in the hole & work at all.I looked at the hole & saw it had some corrosion in it,so I curled up some sandpaper & rolled it around in the hole.The corrosion was gone,but after I got the rod back in it wouldn't pop out like it should.A couple drops of oil got it working nicely.The last seized part,the OPL was a bit tricky.I'd sprayed it down with Liquid Wrench a couple days before & it did nothing.I started popping the pin out that holds the OPL in place & it started to free up.I sprayed it down on top & bottom with Deep Creep & worked the lever & it got better.I tapped the pin back in & let it set overnight.The next morning it was working like new again.Now the carb wasn't even on tight,so I tightened it down & tried to get it to fgire,but got nothing.I thought to myself that there probably wasn't a gasket under the carb & when I took the carb off sure enough -- no gasket.I went through the carb & found nothing wrong.Apparently the PO took the carb off,rebuilt it & forgot to put the gasket back on.I made a gasket,put the carb on today & went to hook the fuel line on & it broke in half.So,I put a new fuel line in & fueled it up.8 pulls later I had a running Timber Bear!
