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  1. 05-04-2009, 12:42 PM #1
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    Righting an inside out chain

    Hey guys just wondering how to right and inside-out chainsaw chain. I was oiling my first chain and somehow it got inside out and I cant figure out how to get back right. Please help a newbie!!
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  2. 05-04-2009, 01:02 PM #2
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    your kidding right tom trees
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    no not kidding...that is why this is my first post on this site and why I posted in the 101 forum. I am not mechanically inclined at all and am positive that the answer is simple and I will feel dumb when I get the response but you got to start somewhere.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dmb12984 View Post
    Hey guys just wondering how to right and inside-out chainsaw chain. I was oiling my first chain and somehow it got inside out and I cant figure out how to get back right. Please help a newbie!!

    Last edited by MonkeyMan_812; 05-04-2009 at 02:04 PM.
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  5. 05-04-2009, 02:07 PM #5
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    If it is worn so much it will turn inside out, it is an awesome loose jointed chain!
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    I don't think thats what he meant, lol.

    Anyways... You'll have to just lay it out on a workbench and start gently righting it... It'll take you a few minutes, but once you get it the first time it'll come a lot easier to you next time. If you post a pic one of us could edit it and show you where you need to move it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dmb12984 View Post
    Hey guys just wondering how to right and inside-out chainsaw chain. I was oiling my first chain and somehow it got inside out and I cant figure out how to get back right. Please help a newbie!!
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  8. 05-04-2009, 02:27 PM #8
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    Having a few kinks would need straightening out. If the whole chain is turned cutters in, drivers out, you need to flip it. I'm amazed that you can flip one by accident. Lakeside apparently does it with new chains all the time, but it takes deliberate effort.

    Somebody posted a video about a year ago, but don't ask me to search it out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dmb12984 View Post
    no not kidding...that is why this is my first post on this site and why I posted in the 101 forum. I am not mechanically inclined at all and am positive that the answer is simple and I will feel dumb when I get the response but you got to start somewhere.
    Are you sure it is inside out ,and not just tangled with 2 loops in it.If thats the case you just have to mess with it to get it right again.That would be a very hard thing to explain in text.I could show you ,but I couldn't begin to explain it in words.Sorry.

    My stihl dealer made me a chain with 1 loop twist in it as a practical joke 1 time,noway to fix that puppy with out popping the link again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ozzy42 View Post
    Are you sure it is inside out ,and not just tangled with 2 loops in it.If thats the case you just have to mess with it to get it right again.That would be a very hard thing to explain in text.I could show you ,but I couldn't begin to explain it in words.Sorry.
    I'm betting thats the problem, I use to tangle them up and have the new guy put it on the saw, man that was fun to watch....
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    thanks for the help guys
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    Grab it with gloved hands, open it up so it is like a big circle hands 180 degrees apart, start on one side and turn it inside out. It really is simple to do, just be carefull not to cut yourself.

    You have to grip it tight to be able to flip it, twist it like the throttle of a motorcycle.
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    thats the old how to mess with the on the crew

    next would be you have to jump off the bunk house into the cold pacific water in the middle of fall

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    Quote Originally Posted by ozzy42 View Post
    Are you sure it is inside out ,and not just tangled with 2 loops in it.If thats the case you just have to mess with it to get it right again.That would be a very hard thing to explain in text.I could show you ,but I couldn't begin to explain it in words.Sorry.
    Bein' that I'm of the engineering and math persuasion, I'll explain it in algebraic terms:

    You can have somebody try to explain to you a thousand times how to find the roots of a polynomial equation, but words never do it justice. At some point, you just start staring at the formula and spit out a bunch of x's, y's, and constants and it works for reasons you can't explain. You are now a member of The Club.

    So for your chain:
    Put gloves on, close your eyes, and fiddle around with it. All of a sudden, viola! It will be straightened out. Just like the art of Zen and Polynomial Equations.

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