261 mystery circlip

[Maxnaggle]

Hey all, had the clutch off of the 261 recently and found this circlip in front of the dust seal on the crank shaft. There's no obvious home for it, does any one have any idea where it might live? It looks like it's snapped off of something...... Saw runs fine though for now...

[Maxnaggle]

[eagleye]

that's where it's meant to live in front of the the oil seal but that one looks to big

how wide is it internally

[spudulike]

That looks very much like the oiler arm that is usually clipped round the oiler worm drive pinion, it looks like the arm has worn off due to sheer wear in the needle bearing.

 

Common for the end to wear off but less common to lose the whole arm.

 

Fit a new pinion worm drive and oiler arm as one unit.

[eagleye]

That looks very much like the oiler arm that is usually clipped round the oiler worm drive pinion, it looks like the arm has worn off due to sheer wear in the needle bearing.

 

Common for the end to wear off but less common to lose the whole arm.

 

Fit a new pinion worm drive and oiler arm as one unit.

 

make you right

the arms snapped off that's why it looked to big to be the circlip

same thing happened to my 261

[Maxnaggle]

Thanks for the replies guys! No idea what an oiler arm is, sure I'll be able to sort it though.

[spudulike]

Thanks for the replies guys! No idea what an oiler arm is, sure I'll be able to sort it though.

 

The saw needs to oil only when the saw is cutting, the saw only cuts when the clutch drum is spinning. The oiler arm links the clutch drum to the gear that drives the oiler.

 

Imagine the circlip you have with a 4cm strip of metal protruding from that short stubby bit that yours has left on it and imagine it mounted on a nylon worm drive, there..... Fit a new one:thumbup:

[spudulike]

Try this if your imagination isn't up to much....