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Makita 16" battery chainsaw chain came off two of the three times I used the new saw. Narrow gauge .043 bar, 3/8" pitch, 56 links. Never had this problem with old B & D gas saw. Does the narrow kerf chain or the thinner guide bar contribute to chains jumping track? When I tried to put chain back on after the second time it came off, the chain links had to be forced at one place on guide bar, so I could have bent the bar track. But that doesn't explain why it was jumping track the first two times. Any experience with this problem with narrow gauge bars and narrow chains?