Stihl

[Anton]

Some help-recently bought a new stihl ms361,previous saw was stihl 026 16'' bar.My question, can i use my 16'' bar and chain on the 361...the oil hole is in similiar place.Any advice appreciated...:wave:

[TreeCo]

Those two saws use the same bars.

[Steve Bullman]

treeco, i dont know about the states but over here the saws would run on different guages.

anton....if the holes line up you should be able to run the bar but you would need to buy a .325 sprocket for the 361.

[Charlieh]

if the holes line up you should be able to run the bar but you would need to buy a .325 sprocket for the 361.

 

Really? i thought nearly all stihls had 3/8's drive links, other than the big brutes, all my stuff is 3/8s. i would have thought they would both be the same? thought it was only husky/dolmar/etc that used .325 as standard.

 

but i may be wrong,

[Marc]

Most Stihl saws upto 260 are .325, 260 and above are 3/8, then you have the 88 which is 404.

[Charlieh]

bizare,

 

just checked their website... how come stihls mid range saws swap from 3/8lp to .325 then back to 3/8 again? thats just silly, as its small <50cc huskys running .325, then everything else is on 3/8's

 

seems odd to have a few midrange saws running .325 when they could easily pull a 3/8s Chain?

[tockmal]

bizare,

 

just checked their website... how come stihls mid range saws swap from 3/8lp to .325 then back to 3/8 again? thats just silly

 

What midrange saw is 3/8lp?

[Charlieh]

290 and 390's both use 3/8s micro

 

sorry by mid range i ment not home owner but not pro use

[madmatt]

My MS260 came as .325" as standard.

[Peter]

I wonder what a 260 running 3/8 Picco Micro chain would be like?