sprocket nose grease

[Deleted member 83629]

what is the best grease for the sprocket nose and the clutch needle bearing.

 

[KenJax Tree]

Any all purpose grease. However with this being AS you'll need some super synthetic grease used by NASA.

 

[Deleted member 83629]

my little plastic grease gun ran dry on me. i got a tub of marine grease i thought about filling it with it is water proof,high temperature,extreme pressure.

 

[Ferguson system]

I would have used regular chain oil. Grease gathers dirt and acts as a sealer around the bearing. With the result that it eventually fails because it doesn't get any lubrication.

 

[KenJax Tree]

I never grease mine

 

[Homelite410]

Greatest debate outside of an oil thread. I lost one bar that had no grease hole, turned the tip blue and would smoke when the chain oil hit it. Had another non drilled bar, stalled the saw with chips in the groove, could not get the tip to free spin until I drilled it and greased it.

I grease, never had a failure from greasing. I use Lucas red n tacky from my local truck shop.

How does the bar oil lube the tip when centrifugal force throws oil away from the bearing?

 

[atv1965]

Mobil 1 synthetic, only because I use it for everything else!!

 

[Thornton]

sprocket nose and needle bearing grease is the best grease for the sprocket nose and the clutch needle bearing.

There Jake you answered it for yourself.
I just get a new gun or a refill.


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[Thornton]

I never leave the house without greasing mine

Hey Ken that's good preventive maintenance. Have a good day.


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[mijdirtyjeep]

My FIL always said, that if you grease them from new you keep greasing them, if you have never greased them don't start. He does not grease his bearings and I have never seen his saw down because of a bad sprocket nose, bar wears out before that happens.

Mine I grease it every time I sharpen the chain. I have always done it, so it is just a routine for me. My saw's do not have the luxury of being a fair weather saw that the FIL "personal firewood only". If it is raining, wood needs to be cut, if its snowing, wood needs to be cut. I figure the grease keeps most of the water from the rain and melted snow off my bearings.

 

[olyman]

Greatest debate outside of an oil thread. I lost one bar that had no grease hole, turned the tip blue and would smoke when the chain oil hit it. Had another non drilled bar, stalled the saw with chips in the groove, could not get the tip to free spin until I drilled it and greased it.

I grease, never had a failure from greasing. I use Lucas red n tacky from my local truck shop.

How does the bar oil lube the tip when centrifugal force throws oil away from the bearing?

same thing for me..... got three bars for the 240 oly.. none drilled..tried like you and it stopped!!!!!! got a solid carbide spud bit, and drilled them....greased the one that stuck, came free,,and still using it!! I don't buy,,that no greasing bs.. common sense tells u, that the bar oil,,at speed,,,gets slung off the tip...N O T down in the bearing....besides,, just how much time, and how much cost is involved???

 

[KenJax Tree]

Stihl bars don't even have a hole for grease.

 

[Homelite410]

Stihl bars don't even have a hole for grease.

That's because they are the best..........

 

[olyman]

That's because they are the best..........

mmmmmmmmmmm,,says a jonsered guy.......

 

[sawfun]

Chain Bar Repair recommended greasing the bar tip.

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

I've been told by saw gurus that grease will cause an impenetrable barrier for the bar oil. The bar oil will bead instead of wetting. Though the barrier is a lubricated barrier, it isn't as lubricated as the bar oil can get it.
This was advise for the clutch bearing. I have no idea how grease can help a bar tip when it is so tacky and will just booger up.

 

[Definitive Dave]

I never grease the bar tip, dunno why just never did.
On the clutch bearing I drop it in a shot glass of bar oil before install, same stuff I use to lube the bore and piston before install. Is that bad?
never thought about it and not sure why I do it that way, something I picked up aways back I guess.
Dave

 

[Homelite410]

mmmmmmmmmmm,,says a jonsered guy.......

 

[KenJax Tree]

Except the top handles

 

[Homelite410]

Except the top handles

Oh64's are OK....