Hi Robert & Karla,
The repair shop "found clutch drum & bearing shattered." They put on a new Oregon power mate sprocket and Oregon sprocket bearing. So far, I've cut about 10 face cord and it's running fine. I also looked at the numbers on the bar and the chain does match the specifications.
Craig
I didn't look real closely but I almost think is was the housing around the bearings. I'll may more attention and let you know, it's sitting on the workbench.
I got the saw back from the repair shop and it was a broken bearing in the drive gear. I will be checking the bar and trying to figure out if I've got the right chain though. thanks for the suggestions Robert & Karla.
Hi Robert & Karla,
Thanks a lot for the help. I've been using saws for 46 years and this is the first time I'd ever heard about matching the bar to the chain so it's very likely I've been using the wrong chains. Karla, I did find the old sprocket last night and I see grooves were made in and ruined it so I would expect that this indicates the wrong drive links. The repair shop went ahead and fixed the saw without calling me first so I don't know what went wrong yet but the labor/parts cost was $65.00 so it must have been minor. I'm calling them later today and find out. Robert, I also went to the Husky chain guide page and finally decided it must be in Swedish cause it was so confusing. I've got a call into Chef from the Muppets so he can translate, lol.