Chainsaw Help

[speedboy327]

Bought a cheap chainsaw for Grandson believe its BQ originally,

What are the settings i e how many turns on the L H  its not running correctly how many turns should each 1 be please ? Many thanks 

[adw]

Out of the box it will have been set to basic settings, you will now have to tune yourself with fine tuning and preferably a taco, it should run at 1 and 1 turns out, you cannot just set to basic settings and expect it to run correctly, describe what you mean by not running right? Also bear in mind this is a cheap Chinese entry level machine.

[pleasant]

You will be lucky if you ever get it to run 'right'  they never did from new.

 

Always used to see a load of those come in on a Monday after being purchased from homebase on the Saturday.

 

Sorry to say.....they're landfill.

 

Edited June 1, 2023 by pleasant

[Stubby]

9 hours ago, pleasant said:

 

 

Sorry to say.....they're landfill.

 

Don't sugar coat it Pleasant , tell it like it is FFS ! 😄

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

Put it in the bin, sorry about that, buy best or don’t do it at all.

[adw]

I was trying to be tactful.

[Con]

Wind both in fully. Then come out 1- 1.25 turns. If it runs warm it up and try tuning. But as everyone is saying, don't expect success. It will probably end up frustrating the hell out of you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[spudulike]

I have done a couple of these saws and they aren't great but you should be able to improve the running with a bit of carb tuning assuming the gauze strainer isn't bunged up or the piston hasn't nipped up at some stage in its life.

Generally, these saws are often set a bit lean so if it is idling OK, don't sod around with the L screw and if it is revving out OK, don't sod around with the H screw. 

Let us know more about the symptoms but 1.25 - 1.5 turns on whichever screw is giving you the bad running...L low speed or H high speed.

[pleasant]

Yes spud. We started taking them in years ago as we were getting so many coming in it seemed silly to turn away custom. In the long run it cost us money and some of our reputation for good, reliable workmanship.

 

Usually took three or four attempts to get them right (well, as right as they would ever be) we couldn't realistically charge how long it took us for each one, so got paid just the once for less than we could normally charge.then ended up having another go three times following after they came back with the same issues...all at no charge as the customer quite rightly said it was the same problem it was in with only a few weeks before. You then had these customers moaning to their circle that we can't fix a simple homebase chainsaw so 'don't trust them with your stihl' was what was being bandied about.

 

In the end i took a blanket decision to take nothing on from these retailers or online sellers that were generic budget stuff with zero spares availability or proper manufacturer support.

 

Trying to explain to a customer you simply cannot economically improve on design, tolerances and quality of these things if it's not there to begin with is impossible...they think you are being awkward ir even 'snobby' had someone say 'so it's not good enough for you to work on then......not everyone can afford what you want to sell!'

 

Sometimes it IS cheaper to say no to begin with

Edited June 1, 2023 by pleasant

[Will C]

Unfortunately you can’t polish a turd, you may be able to roll it in glitter but it will still be a turd. Unfortunately they are cheap and disposable and in my mind a rip off as not fit for purpose 🤮