Spinning bearings fast with air is a good way to destroy them.
Yes another chain/saw question
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Spinning bearings fast with air is a good way to destroy them.
I blow out my sprocket nose bars all the time with air and it does not harm anything. They are already spinning 13,000 rpm's or more when on the saw.
Just checking that you are using a 36RM chain on a .063" gauge bar? You posted that chain gauge. In USA it is more common to have a 0.050" gauge width bar and use a 33RM chain.
As Harley has said show picture of the sprocket. Over time going through several chains your sprocket will wear out and when replacing chain it is best to replace the sprocket also.
Looks like you still have adjustment within specifications, make sure your bar grove and oil hole is clean and the oiler is up to flow oil.
Same here. I'm not sitting there doing it for any length of time, just enough to get the crud out.
That was why I asked about pics of the bar numbers when I saw 36RM.
Ok I got some more pictures and I hope I covered every question.
Chain stretch after one tank.
Slack after tightening.
Chain adjuste with cover off all the way to the rear.
Chain adjuster all the way forward.
Bar tip.
Chain stretch after one tank.
Slack after tightening.
Chain adjuste with cover off all the way to the rear.
Chain adjuster all the way forward.
Bar tip.
What are the markings on the bar?
Are you pulling up on the bar tip when you tighten the bar nuts? If not the bar will push up on the first down ward pressure cut on the bar making the chain loose.
It looks like you have a 0.063" sprocket but???
Are you pulling up on the bar tip when you tighten the bar nuts? If not the bar will push up on the first down ward pressure cut on the bar making the chain loose.
It looks like you have a 0.063" sprocket but???
Bar tip side.
20'' bar part number.
Bar with fully stretched chain that has at least half the teeth left.
Here is how much teeth left on stretched chain.
20'' bar part number.
Bar with fully stretched chain that has at least half the teeth left.
Here is how much teeth left on stretched chain.
Yes I lift the bar when I tighten it
The pictures are mostly the 261 Only in the first post did I include pics of the 362 that I'm having the same issue with.
Ok thanks for the images.
I can't help from noticing that in post #1 the bar is a "yellow" and the sprocket is a rim sprocket. Where in you recent images you have a "green" bar and a different sprocket?
Are we looking at the same MS362 chainsaw?
I can't help from noticing that in post #1 the bar is a "yellow" and the sprocket is a rim sprocket. Where in you recent images you have a "green" bar and a different sprocket?
Are we looking at the same MS362 chainsaw?
What are the bar specifications stamped on the bar for the MS362?
Turn you oiler up all the way for the 261.
Turn you oiler up all the way for the 261.
Brand new drive sprocket and brand new chain and I still have used up half the adjustment.
I have all the oilers cranked up on all my saws.
Lets stick with the 261 for now. It's my go to saw and the one I use most.Thanks
No we are talking about the 261 for now.
Head scratcher for sure sb. My only other thought on the 261 is a wrong size chain in the box. I seen a few posts over the years where that has happened. All I can think of is to count the drive links on the new chain unless you have already.
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Put up a pic of that old sprocket's teeth.
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And that chain was used on the old sprocket?
