346xp which grease in which hole?

[Andrew Reed]

Brand new, supplied with a plastic grease pump tool, and a little tube of rather firm grease. Plus dealer sold me a 1 litre bottle red liquid grease for the guide bar end sprocket (which I have put in the little plastic pump and it works fine for the bar end). My question is, which grease do I use for the needle roller bearing behind the main sprocket? Manual says grease it once a week. Does it have to be pumped in with the the little plastic tool/greaser supplied, or somehow forced in straight from the tube of firm grease supplied? Or maybe not bother greasing it all, unless stripped say once a year.

[john dawson]

if you look at the clutch assembly, youl notice a tiny hole strait through the middle, running down the centre of the crankshaft, your supposed to put it down there!

 

or at least there was one on the 357xp.

just take it off, pump a bit down and see where it comes out?

but yeah, its probably not the best to use, id use the stihl needle nose bearing grease,

[Brushcutter]

Red grease in the sprocket nose and red grease in the needle bearing. The 346 is the same as the 357 as you can pump the grease down the hole in the middle.

 

Sometimes is a good idea to take the baring out and just roll it in grease in the little tube. Gives you a chance to inspect it. Not broken a needle baring in a 346 but i've done 3 in the 357 in a year and a half. Oh and they do get greased.

[Andrew Reed]

Thank you for the help. I'll use the same grease (red) in both, which makes it easy.

Cheers

[Gerbutt]

I just put the grease you get with it in the little grease gun and use it for both. I've heard before that husky can be a bit funny with you if you don't use their stuff and something breaks....

[njc110381]

When I was doing the maintenance on a fleet of Huskys I found that the heavy grease was best for the needle bearings. Just pump it down the little hole in the centre of the crank until you see it squeezing out of the back of the sprocket. Like someone said above, have them apart maybe once a month just to check them over too. It doesn't take long to drop them out and clean them off in petrol (in case any dirt has got in the old grease), have a look at them and re-grease.

 

I used red fluid grease in the bar noses but I'm sure heavy grease will be fine. It's far less important there anyway, bars are replacable unlike the crank on the saw (well that is too, but it's not as simple!). Usually they'll wear out before the sprocket fails anyway.