Rockjock
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The correct term is bar and chain. Not blade.
Actually that is not correct. In many countries it is indeed called the blade. But we all know what the poster meant didn't we??
The correct term is bar and chain. Not blade.
Yep....But we all know what the poster meant didn't we??
"blades" spinning at idle is a common older stihl issues. weak ****** springs with heavy shoes. replacing springs can help but if there are grooves worn in the shoes where the springs hook on they may not do enough to matter. sometimes replacing the clutch is all you can do. hutzl clutches are cheap and i've had great luck with them if they have one available for the models you need them for.
A small insert can be inserted in the egg shaped hole to make it work well again. I have seen this done before.
Still sounds like a carb adj to me. He said a few saws, seems odd that a few saws would have a bad clutch.
i looked into it and there was nothing? the spring hooks on a cast shoe but would be nice if there was a replaceable steel insert. or maybe stihl should start using husky as their clutch supplier lol
inserts were not OEM it was a shadetree job by a customer of mine. But no rocket science to make up a set of your own.
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