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Anyone tried the Piranha chains and bars, for my MS170 14" you can can get 2 chains for £10 and the bar will only cost an extra £7.

 

Whereas Stihl chain is £14 and a bar is about £24, total £38. I thought I might try the Piranha to see how they go.

 

Anyways, I'm also after some advice, whilst cutting with my MS170 (original chain and bar) the chain sparked a couple of times and then slipped off the bar. There are some chunks taken out of some of the drive links and on those drive links the burrs left by the chunks missing cause the chain to stick in the bar groove.

 

I'm wondering whether to replace just the chain or both chain and bar, and whether I can file off those burrs and use the chain a bit more?

 

I saw a video about how to tell if your bar is worn, he said if the chain can be wobbled from side to side when in the bar then the bar is worn. Well my chain wobbles from side to side, but I am going to have to take a look at one in the shop which is new to see what they are like when new.

 

I'm also thinking, might aswell buy a whole new MS170 and use my old one for spare parts, seeing as if I buy Stihl parts, I will be spending £38 on a bar and chain alone. They also seem to have stopped selling the MS170 with a 14" bar from new.

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Anyways, I'm also after some advice, whilst cutting with my MS170 (original chain and bar) the chain sparked a couple of times and then slipped off the bar. There are some chunks taken out of some of the drive links and on those drive links the burrs left by the chunks missing cause the chain to stick in the bar groove.

 

I'm wondering whether to replace just the chain or both chain and bar, and whether I can file off those burrs and use the chain a bit more?

 

 

Probably bad advice, but a quick fix on site when the drive links burr up, is to undo the bolts, slacken off the chain, tighten the bolts again then run it full throttle. Re-tighten after

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