jbarker
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Hello all – I’ve been having some trouble with lack of oil to my bar on my 064. The bar is getting sizzling hot on the bottom. Chain is sharp and tensioned properly. Oil reservoir is full. I cleaned the bar and made sure the oil holes in the bar are clean. I cleaned up the oil outlet on the outside of the powerhead. I get just a TINY little bit of oil off the tip of the bar when held in front of cardboard. When I remove the bar from the saw, I get just a very sluggish, occasional drip out of the powerhead with saw gently revved. On the bottom of the power head, there is an image embossed on the plastic to suggest the saw has adjustable oiling, but there is no hole that I can see anywhere to adjust the oiling. Can anyone show me a picture and where the screw is to adjust the oil?
I tore down the clutch side of the saw. There was a LOT of old looking oil caked sawdust in there. Clutch seems to be contaminated with oil, but interestingly it was not slipping at all. There was no obvious signs of fresh oil spilling out in there. I’m just looking for any advice on how best to proceed. The worm gear looked to be in good shape. I have read that the oil line from the pump tends to be leak prone, but I have also read that is a real pain in the butt to replace so I would rather not do that unless I am sure of the problem. Thanks in advance for any help!
-Jay
I tore down the clutch side of the saw. There was a LOT of old looking oil caked sawdust in there. Clutch seems to be contaminated with oil, but interestingly it was not slipping at all. There was no obvious signs of fresh oil spilling out in there. I’m just looking for any advice on how best to proceed. The worm gear looked to be in good shape. I have read that the oil line from the pump tends to be leak prone, but I have also read that is a real pain in the butt to replace so I would rather not do that unless I am sure of the problem. Thanks in advance for any help!
-Jay