I think I may be tightening my chains too much.
A lady mechanic with a Youtube channel says to tighten your chain until you can only pull three links away from the bar. The big problem here is that a long chain has to be a lot tighter than a short chain to get to that point. On a 24" bar, I have to crank it pretty good.
A Stihl video says to tighten until the chain snaps back against the bottom of the bar when you pull it away. Sound right? I guess they ought to know.
A lady mechanic with a Youtube channel says to tighten your chain until you can only pull three links away from the bar. The big problem here is that a long chain has to be a lot tighter than a short chain to get to that point. On a 24" bar, I have to crank it pretty good.
A Stihl video says to tighten until the chain snaps back against the bottom of the bar when you pull it away. Sound right? I guess they ought to know.
