New saw problems? Help!

[GordonRochdale]

Hello all,

 

Got my first saw today, 560xp - yeah I've read the reviews on here however know two people who rate them - obviously having never "broken in a saw" before I have noticed some things / symptoms that I haven't noticed on old saws....

 

1- does a new chain come un-sharpened as its blunt as hell.

 

2- is there suppose to be a chain oil leak once the saw has been run up and hot? ( chain oil currently dripping down from sprocket area onto newspaper)

 

3- I checked that the bar was getting lubricant, ran it at full revs over a stump in the garden and there was a line of oil, however I have bluing on the underside tip of the bar on one particular spot - about a cm long -?????

 

Chain was just right not too slack not too tight, also noticed that the bar was gettin hot cutting through some dug up stumps I have.

 

Would appreciate any light you can shed on the subjects, everyday is a school day!

 

 

 

 

 

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[Shane]

You mention blunt chain and stumps in the same post....

Was it blunt when you actually started?

 

Are you certain the chain isn't too tight?

 

Really needs to be looked at - hard to describe some of the issues here.

Maybe take it back to the supplier.

[Gus McWilliam]

Or put up some pics!!

[GordonRochdale]

Yeah I see what your saying, the stumps have been out for a while and free from stones / dirt etc, maybe I missed some and it's blunt as a result of that, I'll give it a sharpen and see if that makes a difference.

 

 

That's the bluing.....

 

 

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[GordonRochdale]

 

Oil leak since the saw has been sitting after being used, maybe looks a lot because I'm used to doing maintenance on an old mucky bench?

 

 

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[GordonRochdale]

 

Scorch marks on the chain?

 

Can't get my head round the lubrication, plenty of oil getting fired out the nose of the bar

 

 

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[Stubby]

I think you have mullered the chain on soil/stones from the stumps . Once you get near the root flair its a mine field . Also if the stumps came from trees on a domestic boundary there is likely to be nails imbedded in the wood from fence wire etc . If your chain is damaged as opposed to just blunt you are going to have to do some work on it .......

[GordonRochdale]

Hmmm... I feel stupid... Hope that not the case, any thoughts on the bluing?

 

 

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[Chris Sheppard]

I'd not worry too much, the bit by the tip can't be that bad as it's not loosing the paint much - husky bars seem to lose the paint quickly anyway and am pretty sure the edges are blued a bit where theyre heat treated to make them harder (either that or mine just get really hot and go blue......)

 

Pretty much every saw of mine leaves it's mark behind - it probably looks a fair bit of oil as it's onto newspaper.

 

Can't really see the chain but it doesn't look very sharp. "Dug up stumps" and "cutting" aren't two phrases I'd want in the same sentence unless it was "I'd not use a chainsaw for cutting dug up stumps"

[GordonRochdale]

Lol! Ah of course I'd never use a saw for cutting dug up stumps...

 

 

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