stihl ms 261, starting to annoy me

[jnoon]

Was hedging with 261 yesterday and every time I applied the chain brake it would squeel I have phoned jonsie and its being collected as I write this, yes its had a hard year of work but for a £500.00 saw should the needle bearings and clutch problems be minor not majour, 3rd time its been back to main dealer now, at what point will stihl replace it or will they keep on fixing it ?

[WoodED]

Was hedging with 261 yesterday and every time I applied the chain brake it would squeel I have phoned jonsie and its being collected as I write this, yes its had a hard year of work but for a £500.00 saw should the needle bearings and clutch problems be minor not majour, 3rd time its been back to main dealer now, at what point will stihl replace it or will they keep on fixing it ?

 

exactly the same as my 2 work mates saws...

[geoff]

Once the brake is on the clutch drum bearing will be working,& with the clutch band load on it,if the bearing is shot it could cause the noise.

I thought they had a fix for this problem with a different clutch drum & sprocket.

[MATTMOSS]

It will need a new cranksaft, I know of five other ms 261 that had endless needle bearing and clutch issues, they all ended up having new crank shafts to sort the problem, i dont know whether it must be a faulty batch or not.

good luck.

[jnoon]

Its already had the upgraded spur sproket so god knows what's on now,

[likeitorlumpit]

Oh no!

[Chris Sheppard]

Its already had the upgraded spur sproket so god knows what's on now,

 

A spur on a pro 50cc saw - doesn't sound promising

[jnoon]

It had original sproket on but that got upgraded to the newer supposidly tougher spur sproket, however it doesn't seem to be any better, very dissapointing on a pro saw as you say, I wil see what happens in the next few days as they should have the saw by tommorow

[Marsh Monkey]

just given up with mine, its had 3 clutches and a full internal rebuild, just got a 560 cracking saw my only worry is i gotta see how waterproof the auto tune is when i drop it in a dyke at work

[WoodED]

just given up with mine, its had 3 clutches and a full internal rebuild, just got a 560 cracking saw my only worry is i gotta see how waterproof the auto tune is when i drop it in a dyke at work

 

it should b a sealed unit i would have thought so it will be fine. haha