not "stripped thread", "stripped" thread!
After the drubbing I got over there for not toeing the "a new saw is still a new saw even if it's had parts robbed from it" line, just how much grief do you think I'd get if I posted that I found out that the twin bucking spike/roller chain catcher I bought for my MS460 (but turned out to be MS361-spec) fit perfectly on and look GREAT on the Mighty MS290?
Yup, you got it! (IF, heh heh) if fits, I can go even LONGER between chain sharpenings because I can now lever the bar into the log! YAY!!!
Actually, 5 things to note:
(1) it was a direct bolt-on, 'cept the roller needs to be shortened a smidge to roll freely.
(2) no, it's not needed, it's purely overkill, and probably NOT a good idea to bolt it to the plastic clutch cover
(3) the mention of not needing to sharpen the chain harkens back to an old thread about newbs or homeowners forcing a cut instead of sharpening the chain, and
(4) I'll likely never get a 361, so I had to do something with the things! They are infinitely more functional on the Mighty MS290 than they were rattling around in the bottom of my tool box. I'll have to calculate the detrimental effects this modification had on my already dismal power-to-weight ratio. At least it didn't harm my intake air filtration!
(5) I gotta be working on something in the garage to justify being there by the wood stove an dbeer cooler, may as well be on this...
I'll let it ride for awhile and see what "chicks dig it" quotient it has and report later.
BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
After the drubbing I got over there for not toeing the "a new saw is still a new saw even if it's had parts robbed from it" line, just how much grief do you think I'd get if I posted that I found out that the twin bucking spike/roller chain catcher I bought for my MS460 (but turned out to be MS361-spec) fit perfectly on and look GREAT on the Mighty MS290?
Yup, you got it! (IF, heh heh) if fits, I can go even LONGER between chain sharpenings because I can now lever the bar into the log! YAY!!!
Actually, 5 things to note:
(1) it was a direct bolt-on, 'cept the roller needs to be shortened a smidge to roll freely.
(2) no, it's not needed, it's purely overkill, and probably NOT a good idea to bolt it to the plastic clutch cover
(3) the mention of not needing to sharpen the chain harkens back to an old thread about newbs or homeowners forcing a cut instead of sharpening the chain, and
(4) I'll likely never get a 361, so I had to do something with the things! They are infinitely more functional on the Mighty MS290 than they were rattling around in the bottom of my tool box. I'll have to calculate the detrimental effects this modification had on my already dismal power-to-weight ratio. At least it didn't harm my intake air filtration!
(5) I gotta be working on something in the garage to justify being there by the wood stove an dbeer cooler, may as well be on this...
I'll let it ride for awhile and see what "chicks dig it" quotient it has and report later.
BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
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