Low profile chain and bar?

[markieg31]

Yeah oiling fine and I had been greasing the bar regularly. It had had no impact on the nose. Even the standard husqvarna bar lasted longer and they are made of cottage cheese. Bit peed off as that saw is now out of action and I have to send the bar back to chainsaw bars. Co.uk so they can assess it before I can get a replacement not overly impressed by the situation to be fair.

 

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[SteveA]

Yeah oiling fine and I had been greasing the bar regularly. It had had no impact on the nose. Even the standard husqvarna bar lasted longer and they are made of cottage cheese. Bit peed off as that saw is now out of action and I have to send the bar back to chainsaw bars. Co.uk so they can assess it before I can get a replacement not overly impressed by the situation to be fair.

 

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Oh dear. I presume you were flipping the bar regularly.

Hopefully it's a one off problem; no doubt rob will be on the case with it....

 

My cottage cheese Husky 15" bar nose sprocket seized a couple days ago too so maybe its got something to do with the weather??!

cheers, steve

[Stubby]

I don't grease nose sprockets any more . Think they last longer now . Grease makes any grit and dirt around stick to it and act like grinding paste .

[SawTroll]

I don't grease nose sprockets any more . Think they last longer now . Grease makes any grit and dirt around stick to it and act like grinding paste .

 

Yes, I agree.

[peatff]

Yes, I agree.

 

I don't Never had one fail.

[R Mac]

I don't grease nose sprockets any more . Think they last longer now . Grease makes any grit and dirt around stick to it and act like grinding paste .

 

I grease the sprockets on my Sugi bars almost every evening with Oregon Fluid Red. I've been using an 18" constantly since May on a couple of different saws and no trouble so far, not all clean timber cutting either. I dip the nose of the bar in petrol to flush out the old grease, blow it out until the sprocket spins with the airline and then re-grease. My view is that the sprocket pulls chain oil/dust/grit into the bar anyway, grease may keep it away from the bearing.

 

Works for me, I'm happy enough but I wouldn't evangelise on the matter one way or another.

[Stubby]

Well I use to grease them and periodically they failed . I stopped greasing them about 10 years ago and not had one go since .

[markieg31]

Well I greased mine and it didn't see out a month!

 

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[R Mac]

Well I greased mine and it didn't see out a month!

 

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Maybe hitting a stone hard enough to wreck the cutters played a part in the sprocket failure?

[markieg31]

Maybe hitting a stone hard enough to wreck the cutters played a part in the sprocket failure?

Wasn't that sort of hit more of a loving rub

 

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Edited November 26, 2016 by markieg31