rock vs. chain

ms290 · 03-10-2009, 11:30 AM

Well here is my problem I have an MS290 with the 20 on it and i hit a sandstone a while back and now I can sharpen the chain and take off any burrs that i find and all i can cut at a reasonable pace is ONE

cut. What gives. Before i forget there are a link or two with the angle WAY off. How do i fix the chain and make it usable again. Plus also my oiler is turned all the way up but i still dont get much oil even at full throttle with a good load on. Is there some trick to get it to oil like it used too?

JONSEREDFAN6069 · 03-10-2009, 11:33 AM

when i rock a chain i take it to the dealer and get then to grind it. alot less work than hand filing to fix it. as for the oiler, check the groove and clean it out and check the oil hole may be plugged as well, drain the bar oil resevoir and put some gas in there put on cap and slosh around empty out and refill. my 026 always semed to gum up and that wood fix it.

excess650 · 03-10-2009, 12:18 PM

I would suggest that you get a new chain. Spare chains are good.

Compare the old chain to the new, and if you can't duplicate the sharpening, have it sharpened by someone who can. Generally, I don't recommend having a chain sharpened by someone else with a grinder, but you may need to to get it corrected.

thejdman04 · 03-10-2009, 02:00 PM

Id put it on a grinder and get it trued back up

ms290 · 09-11-2009, 08:49 AM

Well its been a while but cuttin season is startin up again and i did manage to get that chain filed down by handl. It took a few sharpenings but now its getting better BUT it just doesnt spit out chips the way it otta so i think the next chain i get will have them raker links in it if i can get somebody to do one like that i wouldnt mind paying a little extra.

synness4 · 09-26-2009, 11:44 AM

what do you me "raker links"? you don't mean safty chain? that will not help you!

ms290 · 11-03-2009, 08:03 AM

Ya that is what i meant but now i know a little bit better and i prefer a full chisel chain. I have a semi as well but i dont like using it in hard woods which is what i have here.

03-10-2009, 11:30 AM	#1
ms290 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 94	rock vs. chain Well here is my problem I have an MS290 with the 20 on it and i hit a sandstone a while back and now I can sharpen the chain and take off any burrs that i find and all i can cut at a reasonable pace is ONE cut. What gives. Before i forget there are a link or two with the angle WAY off. How do i fix the chain and make it usable again. Plus also my oiler is turned all the way up but i still dont get much oil even at full throttle with a good load on. Is there some trick to get it to oil like it used too?

03-10-2009, 11:33 AM	#2
JONSEREDFAN6069 Wheeler McDealer Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: CANADA Posts: 1,131	when i rock a chain i take it to the dealer and get then to grind it. alot less work than hand filing to fix it. as for the oiler, check the groove and clean it out and check the oil hole may be plugged as well, drain the bar oil resevoir and put some gas in there put on cap and slosh around empty out and refill. my 026 always semed to gum up and that wood fix it. __________________ JONSERED 2065 muffler modded, ported and runnin JONSERED 630 ported and muffler modded 1998 cr-125 bike saw in the works Nickname given by Metals406 (Sir Wheeler McDealer)

03-10-2009, 12:18 PM	#3
excess650 Arboristsite MVP Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pennsyltucky Posts: 1,647	I would suggest that you get a new chain. Spare chains are good. Compare the old chain to the new, and if you can't duplicate the sharpening, have it sharpened by someone who can. Generally, I don't recommend having a chain sharpened by someone else with a grinder, but you may need to to get it corrected. __________________ CAD....real bad for 20 years I had one chainsaw a year later I have more than 20 chainsaws Beer, its not just for breakfast anymore! I mean, hops ARE vegetables, right?

09-11-2009, 08:49 AM	#5
ms290 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 94	Well its been a while but cuttin season is startin up again and i did manage to get that chain filed down by handl. It took a few sharpenings but now its getting better BUT it just doesnt spit out chips the way it otta so i think the next chain i get will have them raker links in it if i can get somebody to do one like that i wouldnt mind paying a little extra. __________________ Homelites: 3 XLs +2 240's MS 290 MS 170 4018 PRO 3216 63' Chrysler MS 460 MAGNUM Coming soon

11-03-2009, 08:03 AM	#7
ms290 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 94	Ya that is what i meant but now i know a little bit better and i prefer a full chisel chain. I have a semi as well but i dont like using it in hard woods which is what i have here. __________________ Homelites: 3 XLs +2 240's MS 290 MS 170 4018 PRO 3216 63' Chrysler MS 460 MAGNUM Coming soon

03-10-2009, 02:00 PM	#4
thejdman04 Arboristsite MVP Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: In the land of ILLness. Posts: 945	Id put it on a grinder and get it trued back up

09-26-2009, 11:44 AM	#6
synness4 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: boulder mt Posts: 131	what do you me "raker links"? you don't mean safty chain? that will not help you!

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