Stihl ms261

[Ian C]

One of the worst saws I have ever bought, nothing but trouble.

 

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[Stubby]

One of the worst saws I have ever bought, nothing but trouble.

 

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Don't sugar coat . Give it to him strait ....

[mendiplogs]

You heard it from Jon first, 560 is the way forward, even the die-hard stihl lover is a fan!

 

 

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HI EDDY i must say it a very good saw the 560 on a ROB D LIGHT WEIGHT BAR it fly thanks all jon

[spudulike]

Hi all, was wondering what some of your views are on the stihl ms 261?

 

I brought one last year as I have to provide own saws for the company I work for, it ran ok untill 3 weeks ago, a clip on the clutch came off clattered the worm gear and sheered the sprocket on the clutch clean off!

 

It's all fixed for now but I know a lot of people have had problems with these saws relating to the same issue??

 

Anyone else had anything similar?

 

 

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I serviced two recently with exactly the same fault. The needle bearing fails and the excessive play does the damage.

[wood cutter]

Yes well thanks all for your input

 

 

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[harrythecat178]

The recommended fix to try for premature bearing failure is change the rim sprocket supplied as standard for a spur sprocket. New MS260 saws that Stihl are now sending out have been changed before despatch

[wood cutter]

Yes that's what they have put on, fair play to Stihl it's had a new crank the hole lot, however just a bit disappointed really.

 

 

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[TGB]

I'm not saying Stihl is the only one in the club but they have rather excelled at the 'Microsoft' release method.

Manager: When is the new model going to be ready for rollout?

Engineer: Well there are still major issues, the software won't be debugged for another 8mths. and 'that problem' is still unsolved. I can't yet give a realistic date.

Manager: Good. Good. So we're still on for the big release next week.

Edited May 11, 2014 by TGB

[Ian C]

The recommended fix to try for premature bearing failure is change the rim sprocket supplied as standard for a spur sprocket. New MS260 saws that Stihl are now sending out have been changed before despatch

 

I did that and its still no good.

 

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[Eddy_t]

I did that and its still no good.

 

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Did you try the husky fix? That usually works

 

 

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