knackered my bar today

[testcricket01]

had my bar end split in half today while i was logging up today, was only 5 months old and its not used alot since im always up the tree. when i file down the edge burs i never file over the sprocket rivets dont have a clue why it done it never mind yet another new thing to be bought lol

[Mick Stockbridge]

It maybe the angle of the photo but it looks like its never been turned.

[Charlieh]

do you tighten the chain when its warm in use then not slacken it off when you finish?

[testcricket01]

do you tighten the chain when its warm in use then not slacken it off when you finish?

 

cant say i do i tighten the chain before i use it then leave it.

[testcricket01]

It maybe the angle of the photo but it looks like its never been turned.

 

bar has been turned im always swaping from 18in to 15in to 25in all time so its been off and turned and back on again loads.

[Graham]

That bar has grease holes. Can't remember if they have them now:confused1: Maybe that sprocket was designed to be greased.

[testcricket01]

That bar has grease holes. Can't remember if they have them now:confused1: Maybe that sprocket was designed to be greased.

 

yer there is grease holes not been greased as much as it should have its got to be said.

[Albedo]

Mine would only really be turned when I sharpen by chance, I always take the bar off and clean it, so it will get turned by some average, based on likelihood of putting it back on the same way again:001_smile:

 

If its gone slack during use, (excluding new chains for now) I would tighten it, and it wouldn't occur to me that, that could happen.

 

What make is it ?, I saw a bar on one of them echo saws do that after just a few uses

[tommer9]

I reckon its grease related....but i NEVER grease a bar. I was taught long ago that if you start greasing them you always haveto, and if you use them without grease then no problem unless you suddenly start greasing one, which may well then blow up. In 14 years i have never greased a bar and never had one split on me either. Those who work in forestry will tell tales of bars splitting for a pasttime.

[Ben Ballard]

looks like your bar been getting a bit hot i find the oregon bars if that one last well and paint stays on for a while if been looked after and not used when blunt,i have had the od sprocket go over the years mainly when the bar getting old or run dry ,or pinched,i grease it every day sometimes twice but sometimes these things just happen:::