Al Slitter

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Greetings All; I have finally got the machine back together after removing the oil pump and oil pump tubing. I cleaned them off and used WD-40 in a spray can as a low pressure spray. The inside of this housing was loaded with sawdust mixed with oil, so clean this area out with Kerosene and a clean rag. I place the blade and bar back on the saw and tested it. Oil is now flowing freely from the Bar/Chain. Hurray! The issue I believe was a restriction or plugging up of the tubing running from the oil pump. As they say alls well that ends well! Thank you to those that tried to help and provided good comments and instructions. Thank Again

Thank you for the detailed instructions, you might have just hit on the right solutions. The reason the saw was down was do to me replacing the clutch assembly. This I did, so I will take it apart again and see it there is an oiler issue. Please be patient as I am a newbie and am just learning these things through working on the saw and being a older person processing time is long.

I came here for help not cheesy comments.

Sorry for the delay I have been very busy plus we have had a cold running through our family here. I tried many suggestions which include adding a little bit of fuel to the chain oil to thin it out a bit as it is now cool here. I changed over the bar to another one and the issue is the same. I removed all of the parts on the chain saw where the oiler is located and made sure that the oil holes on the chain saw bar are unobstructed. I cleaned in and around the oil port on the saw and that is clean and much like new. The saw is a 50cc Chinese chain saw. What is happening now is that I am getting a lot of oil when the saw is running coming from the bottom of the saw at or just in front of the clutch assembly. I had thought that previously when the saw was running and pointing downward chain oil would come off of the chain on the end of the bar. This is not the case now and the oil situation is bad as I am getting a lot of oil coming out of the motor area and not the chain. Thoughts please.

Thank you for the replies. I will attempt some of them and reply back with the results and specification if necessary!

Hello my saw has been down for 2 months now waiting for parts from China. I got the parts and assembled it and tested it out and it worked fine, that is prior to this the saw would output a lot of oil through the chain saw bar. This is not happening now, oil is coming out of the oiler on the chain saw housing but I cannot see any oil of consequences on the bar. I checked the bar oil hole and it was fine I have set the oil quantity screw to high but no difference. A few thoughts please. Thank you in advance.

I am hoping that this reply puts this post to rest. I feels like a shooting gallery to me. OK, I have the sprocket in my hand and it says 325-7 The bar says Pitch of .325 and Gauge @ 1.5mm (.058) The chain is listed as Pitch of .325 and Gauge @ 1.5mm (.058) and 76 links Please let this end here!!!

First off thank you for the reply! Regarding greasing of the needle bearings that is a very good recommendation. A bit confused by the remainder of the comment, as it now stands I have a 0.058 Sprocket, Bar and Chain on the saw. No Mix and match there! As always thank you for you assistance.

This style of locking does not use a clip but rather uses the clutch retainer to lock it into place.

Thank you all for the replies. The saw is basically a No name Chinese 50cc saw. This is my first saw and it is a learning experience for a Newbie like me. First thing I will address is the order that I used to install the parts back on the saw. 1. Installed the needle bearing. 2. Put the sprocket on the clutch housing. 3. Put the washer on the inside of the clutch housing. 4. Screwed on the clutch in a counter clockwise direction and peened it into a locked position. This is the order that I believe the clutch/sprocket came out of the saw. The point of not removing the chain and bar to do fuel adjustments is to me dangerous as one can have on an occasion of the chain moving at a higher RPM. Yes using the chain locking mechanism would add extra safety. I will consider this going forward. If you see that I have done the installation incorrectly please advise me.

Greetings everyone, I decided to remove the .050 -7 sprocket from my saw so that I could install a .058 -7 sprocket to allow me to use a .058 bar and chain. This seemed to go well and the saw came together without the chain jamming like it would do before. I took the saw out to make some cuts and it worked it seemed OK for cuts near the motor but when using the middle of the bar I had some issues? In addition I had some issues with fuel so I packed things up and took the saw home. When in my shop I removed the bar, chain and clutch cover and started adjusting the H L and Idol screws, while doing this all of a sudden parts of the clutch assembly and sprocket started flying every where. I gathered the parts that where scattered every where but have one item that I am not able to find and that is the clutch return spring. My thought is that the tighten-er on the clutch reversed itself and unwound until it flew apart. I know that I tightened up the clutch retainer but maybe not enough. I used a SS pin as a drift and a hammer to do the tightening and the UN-tightening when removing the clutch. I will keep looking for the spring as it has to be some where however failing that I will purchase a new clutch assembly. Have I did something wrong? I do not want this to happen again. Thoughts please !

I am retired and have lived here for over 16 years now. I live in Northern Thailand with my family of many years. I want to thank all those that contributed to my request for help and want to close this channel as I have what I needed. I do not wish to continue with a political or personal country issues going forward. So please accept that and let us switch back to issues relating to chain saws. Thank you again!

You both make a very good point. I was speaking from my point of view and not the general Thai population. If you check things out in more detail you might find that only Thai nationals who are registered to cut wood would get a permit. Foreigners such as my self are not part of the registration process. One last point being able to apply for this permit is one thing the other is in getting it.

Many people put on a longer bar and that is illegal and being imprisoned for some time is always a possibility so one has to be very careful of what you do or say! If you are a foreigner like me once released I would be deported. Removing the air constrictor is also a crime and the punishnt would be the same. Big Brother is live and well here, it is now worse since the military took over the government. The generals look to the CPP as a model that would work well for them. It is surprising that this is a shock to many as the Les Majesty laws here provide for 13 years in prison for any comment or action that might effect/attach the monarchy.