Parts Question
Confused about factory installed bar and chain.
Parts Question posted January 29, 2016 by Lewis Wyatt
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Question:
Confused about factory installed bar and chain.
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Guys,
I'm confused by my bar and chain combination on the new 450 Rancher I purchased last month. The Chain links clearly show a number 25 which I though indicated an H25 chain. That would be .325" pitch and .058" gage. The bar, however, is a 580 87 62-80, a 20" bar marked for .325" pitch and a .050" gage. Both the links and the bar are visible in the photo. Am I mis-reading the chain label or was the saw shipped with an incompatible chain?
Lee
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Answer
That is the the depth gauge setting. The number your referring to for the chain type is on the drive links which is hidden in the bar groove currently.
I would post a viewable image but Photo Bucket was down Click the following link to view image. The circled areas are where you will find the chain type number.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-g4TpKUJnh7WW9EQTZNbThsWW8/view?usp=sharing
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Thanks so much. That cleared it up. Once you said it, the diagram in the owners manual made more sense. (I'm obviously a knucklehead.) I should've known that the number was on the lower part of the drive links. My OCD just wouldn't let it rest.
I'm ordering a Granberg ripping chain and just wasn't comfortable with the apparent discrepancy.
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