outonalimb
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It's just if you do a search for Dolmar it defaults to the Makita site. I know the Dolmar brand has disappeared in the US.
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Sorry to slightly hijack this thread but has Dolmar now disappeared as a chainsaw brand totally replaced by Makita ? (was going to suggest the Dolmar equivalent to above).
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Are you sure your not going through the male menopause? Been quite tetchy in recent posts.
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Is the cover original Stihl or replacement copy ?
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Stihl bar slot is 12mm wide if that helps.
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Totally agree. Try taking the saw to a dealer and try a stihl bar on it.
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So this is what post apocalypse Arbtalk looks like.
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|Hooray! I thought everyone had died on this forum
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Is it running on or simply trying to run away ?
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Seriously? It's a wonder it runs at all !
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We seem to have a natural talent in this country at looking down the wrong end of a telescope. I am guessing that the emissions of one passenger jet plane taking off fully loaded for one flight is greater than the emissions of all chainsaws in this country for a year.
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Seriously I've lost the will to live!
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Totally agree but the 2016+ saw have been rock solid.
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Yep. Did not realise you were going to try and use them on e clips.
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I wouldn't be too sure , I had these and they are crap. Bought some much better and not that more expensive Hilka ones
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Could conceivably see it happening if you were running it in a piece of Chinese crap that has to run at 25:1 ?.
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It was probably just a matter of luck if you got a bad one or a good one and there may well be bad new clutch drums lurking in old stock rooms ( hopefully they have been withdrawn by Stihl but their response to this problem has been appalling).
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If you go into the Stihl safety data sheet for this product if refers to it being a full alkylate fuel. Stihl USA , depending on which site you use, also describes it as alkylate (not that I use it , I use Aspen )
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Motomix is alkylate just like Aspen but using their own Ultra 2 stoke oil.
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Seriously? It's Chinese crap. '
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The 2017 version has no reported problems with the clutch drum as far as I'm aware. The original problem seems to have been a metallurgical one within the drum structure which has now been rectified.
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No the MS 260 has no history of this problem (it uses a very slightly different drum).I have run one for years with no problem. It always helps to grease the bearing but it won't cure a bad drum.
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The sad thing is that this is a good saw and if Stihl had manned up in the first place this total stain on their reputation could have been avoided.
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Definitely kick this one into touch. Stihl should be totally ashamed of the way they treated customers with the issue of crap clutch drums. There should have been a total recall and new drums fitted as default not on an as needed basis. Brand protection at its worst (and I have a 2018 ms261).
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Been that way for a while now. Basically if you have ordered spares from L&S before you can continue to do so. I phoned them about this issue last year I think and that was what they told me. They are a very helpful firm.
