Bar tip replacement

[Braaandt]

Just wondering if it's worth replacing the tip on this husky 24"

 

[Little Al]

You could but if it was mine I'd replace the bar Has the tip been hot ? it looks heat discoloured

 

[Braaandt]

The tip is cooked. I think when I flipped the bar the oil hole was plugged.

 

[Jim Timber]

It's salvageable. Just need a new tip and the rivets to put it in with.

I actually need to get one before too long as well. Teaching a buddy to fall ended up with the bar pinched and then the nose bent when I unloaded the trunk off the bar. I got it straightened out pretty good, but I think the bearings pooped the bed.

 

[Braaandt]

$60 for a new bar $42 for a husky tip and $22 for an Oregon tip. I think I'll try the Oregon

 

[Jim Timber]

It's probably an Oregon bar. Husky doesn't make their own bars.

 

[Tenderfoot]

Id get a new tip and a new bar. Save this bar for when you know you are doing a nasty job.

 

[Hoowasat]

$60 for a new bar $42 for a husky tip and $22 for an Oregon tip. I think I'll try the Oregon

New bar = $60. New tip = $22 + rivets + time and aggravation replacing. Ever done one before? Unless you have more time than money, it's a no-brainer ... new bar.

 

[Jim Timber]

30 seconds on a drill press = old tip is off
Couple minutes pounding rivets
Couple minutes grinding rivets flush

I don't know what you make an hour, but that just saved $40 in less time than a cigarette.

 

[Hoowasat]

The tip needs to be replaced and $22 (plus S&H?) is the cost. So in effect, the new bar really only costs $38 (plus S&H). No fuss, fresh rails, no clogged oil holes, pretty paint, zero miles, etc.

 

[Jim Timber]

Hoo, do you work for the government by chance?

 

[Hoowasat]

Not directly. Day job is building aircraft carriers and submarines.

 

[Braaandt]

Thanks for all the replies guys. I think I'll do like Tenderfoot says new bar new tip. I've never changed one but it doesn't look very hard.

 

[Bernard_Ritchie]

Thanks for all the replies guys. I think I'll do like Tenderfoot says new bar new tip. I've never changed one but it doesn't look very hard.

Your education may be beginning...

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[Tenderfoot]

Your education may be beginning...

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Good! Bar tips are not the easiest job, but not the worst. I cant stand to toss something while it has life in them. Even if it is the same cost, gotta save the whales somehow.