550xp bar and chain compatibility

[ballymac]

Hi all

Have generally been a stihl user and have had numerous 026's and 260's for forestry maintenance contracts and for light ground work over the years. I've used the 560xp and 576xp recently and have been very impressed so am picking up a 550xp next week as a direct replacement for one of my 260's on its last legs.

I have the best part of a roll of chain in the workshop which I used to make up chains for the 260's. It makes sense to use this stihl chain on the 550 as they both use 0.325 pitch chain. I realise that the husky chain will be 0.058 wide and the stihl stuff 0.063 wide so plan to use a stihl 15'' bar with a little spacer my local stihl dealer gave me to ensure the stihl bar housed correctly on a husky saw.

Does anyone foresee any problems with this set up?

I've used this on a crappy old 142 husky that I have as a spare and it didn't seem to cause any problems (but then it wasn't used much!)

Thanks

[TGB]

Will the oil holes be in the right place. There seems to be a dearth of bars for the 550.

[Rob D]

Should work fine - as above you may have to drill another oil hole though...

 

 

 

[GordonRochdale]

I've found that the side case incorporating the bar tensioner on my husky doesn't marry up with oregon bars intended

for use on Stihl machines. I to have a bar mount adapter for said bars, but can't fit them due to this. Just something I've noticed. Haven't tried drilling a hole in them yet.

[ballymac]

Thanks for the replies folks. Had a quick look at the 142 in the shed tonight and the oil holes don't quite match up with the bar holes on the stihl bar. The holes in the bar for tensioning just about fit.

I think for a saw thats going to get plenty of use I'll do as suggested and get the drill out for some minor adjustments.

Thanks again

[SawTroll]

Will the oil holes be in the right place. There seems to be a dearth of bars for the 550.

 

No, they will not, as the tail of the 3003 mount Stihl bar is wider than the tail of the small Husky Mount bar.

 

I don't think it is as simple as drilling new holes, but it could be doable if you plug the original hole, and drill from the rail into the new hole.

 

Likely it isn't worth the trouble....