knackered my bar today

[testcricket01]

Has the saw been dropped on its nose??

 

no never dropped.

[Andy Collins]

have yu been doing a lot of bore-cuts, or working the tip hard?

[testcricket01]

have yu been doing a lot of bore-cuts, or working the tip hard?

 

had a fair bit of useing the tip, but nothing more than any of my other bars havent had to cope with. is really strange guy i was working with today was surprised aswell. never mind just one of them things i guess.

[armchairarborist]

just pop a new rivet in it, good as new:thumbup1:

[Mozza]

Lack of grease!!

[Mick Stockbridge]

Lack of grease!!

 

Grease is the word its got groove its got meaning.

[Mozza]

Grease is the word its got groove its got meaning.

 

Aye and its meaning is to go into that wee little whole at the end of the bar!!

[Quickthorn]

I've heard that some Husky bars are prone to the nose going. The bearing goes, or the sprocket breaks up, and the spreading is the damage caused by the fast moving chain coming to a sudden stop.

[Mesterh]

Could just be a faulty bearing,sprocket etc that gave up a bit early.

 

I always buy stihl bars rather than oregon since I could never be bothered to grease the oregon ones.

 

Usually find the bar is worn to death before the nose starts to splay a bit, although did have a 25" one go on a stihl but it had been pinched fairly badly not long before it split.

[RobRainford]

Dunno why none of the Stihl bars have a grease hole, but the only bars I've had split open have been Stihl.

 

ive been told that stihl bars have a sealed bearing so there is no opportunity for dirt to get into the bearing, meaning there is no reason to grease, but husky bars have a different one so they need greasing.