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excellent.... wish Id bought a 560xpg now....

hmmmn awesome.... so is this something you are still having problems with evenangelseatbeans? Have stihl tried to rectify it at all? I really like the little saw feels like such a step up from my old 026. Shame this has happened so soon.

Yea I did do a quick forum search with little avail. All good pointers but I didnt think I would need to strip the saw down a re-grease the bearing after only just being run in.

Hey Guys, Just wondered if anyones had any problems with the needle bearing between the clutch and the sproket on the 261? Ive only used mine for 4days and the bearing has basically crumpled. I was so careful running this saw in too. Spoke to the dealer today to ask for a new bearing and he said it could be a bigger problem as its happened after such a short timescale and told me to bring it in (all under warranty of course). Just wondered if other people have had similar problems? I read somewhere there was a recall on the earlier 261 saws just after release but I would have thought they would have sorted this problem by now...? My only other thoughts after abit of internet based research was that it was running too lean (sounded like it was over reving - much more than a 260 - a bit like when a 260 is about to run out of fuel?). It was also cutting out every now and again taking a good few pulls to get it started again....but i thought this was just down to the cold weather. Just wondered if anyone else can shed some light on this. Give me some ammunition to go to the dealers with. Kinda want it sorted particularly if its a faulty saw. Thanks in advance. Rob