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Would you be willing to reconfirm the sprocket on the 461 is correct?
Maybe pull it off and snap a couple of photos?
Maybe pull it off and snap a couple of photos?
Would you be willing to reconfirm the sprocket on the 461 is correct?
Maybe pull it off and snap a couple of photos?
Unless its the camera angle, it looks like the 261 tensioner has a longer groove in it than the 461, extends further from the outer stud.
Maybe try the 20" bar on both and compare where the tensioner is?
Something has got to be wrong , with the tensioner screw, not threaded all the way,or the wrong one? Have also seen where the tensioer will bind up,yes even on a new saw.
put a 8 pin on it and go to work
Even though the bar says it is supposed to be 91 drive links, if a 91dl chain is too long, it isn't too difficult to figure out that a shorter chain is going to be needed to use that bar on that saw. Pretty much anyone that sells chain makes them off a roll. Just get a shorter chain and make some chips. When you get additional chains in the future, get 90dl or 89dl or whatever works for that bar/sprocket/saw combo.
I never got warm fuzzies running an 8 pin with longer bars (and full comp chain) on 70cc range saws. (Maybe the 461 can handle it just fine.)
Might be okay at 24" or shorter, but 28" is starting to get out there a bit.
Please keep in mind, this is personal preference of a wanna-be woodcutter type user.
.... But I think I need to give Stihl some grief, since this should be working out of the box according to their specs.
That's what I would do, as something is right here!
Have you actually counted the dl on that chain?
..........................................................................................Unfortunately, my local dealer does not make chain -- they specifically told me they don't do it because of liability issues -- so they had to order these stock 28" chains for me from Stihl (they also had to order the bar). I know that sucks, but I don't want to be fighting this issue every damn time I need to find a chain.
I could buy the tools to let me modify the 91 D/L chains down to 90 or 89, which may be the easiest way to live with the issue. But I think I need to give Stihl some grief, since this should be working out of the box according to their specs.
Yes, but even 91dl in 3/8" makes it a very short 28" bar, closer to 26"?
Stihl is 91, McCulloch is 92, and Husqvarna is 93. Even with a two driver difference it's not two inches.
First if you're dealer doesn't spin chain you need a new dealer.
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