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- posted October 16, 2014 in Husqvarna: Ask & Answer > Chainsaws
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Karla
You were 100% correct in your deductive reasoning. My purchased remanufactured unit was shipped with a 3/8th" drive sprocket with a .325 pitch bar and chain. UGH Don't they check the fit with they finish testing the motors for function? guess that was my headache for getting a remanfactured chainsaw, but totally happy it now runs and cuts perfect and when off, the chain freely moved versus binding up from the mismatch in pitch.
thankyou for the help and the suggest of the rim & sprocket. I did go that option cause it seemed to make sence that the rim would probably grab the cogs of the chain better then the sprocket teeth do. I thought I had ordered a Oregon brand but guess I purchased a Foresture brand. seemed good quality and came with a new needle bearing as I was thinking I burned the one out with the way the mismatched pitch caused so much tention and running it or attempting to run it that way.
- posted October 3, 2014 in Husqvarna: Ask & Answer > Chainsaws
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thankyou Robert for your reply I appreciate you taking time to respond. Yes the tension system works perfect. Prior to seeking help I had mounted the bar without a chain to figure out tighten/loosen the tension clockwise counter clockwise and I for forget the moment after, gunna have to sharpie that on the case. haha.. anyhow, bar sides nice, motor starts up and runs great without a chain mounted. I do see that drilling or modifing could be dangerous, but it's one of those wits ends duct tape fixes. Once the chain is on, 1)can barely get the chain around the nose of the bar 2) the tensioner pin is like 1/8" from fitting in the alignment hole in the bar. pushing down on the case make the pin go in the hole but them the chain has no slack, not even enough to pull it away from the bar and is bound up to were you can't rotate the chain at all. the two times I got the machine to start with the chain this tight and over oiled the chain and bar it did spin but like the area under the case got soo hot the bar oil was smoking. hopeing I didn't damage the engine but I was trying anything with the thought this this is junk anyway since it was not working. txs again. hopeing that it is the sprocket / bar / chain mismatch thing and go from there.
- posted October 3, 2014 in Husqvarna: Ask & Answer > Chainsaws
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HI Karla
WOW thankyou for the reply, very helpful. I ment to include the question in my original call for help if maybe when this machine was remanufactured they mixed matched machine, bar, and chain and that could a 3/8th sprocket vs a .325 cause the lack of room to properly install and tension the bar and chain. The reason I went at bought a .325 pitch 18" chain was the 18" bar that came in the box is stamped .325 but the chain that was included didn't seem to glide in the bar slots too well but I thought maybe it was bent or tweeked. When I purchased he 16" bar and chain, it was to eliminate the possibilities that either the 18" bar was damage or he original chain was and figured I could use a 16" at times. I have looked at the sprocket but didn't see like anything that stated either measure. I will have to look for part number or disassemble as you mentioned. Before I posted the request for help, my thought was that the sprocket clutch were bad so was thinking just order a .325 since I've bought so much .325 stuff. again I appreciate the information and will look at the sprocket. My neighbor let me try my 16" and 18" configurations on his husky that is a .325 and they mounted up fine and allowed room to tension the combos and I could move the chain freely versus the bindup on mine. I'm thinking by eliminating probably items that the sprocket is the culpret or atleast the mix match of sprocket/bar/chain as it was in the box when I purchased the unit. many thanks again...