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I'm greasing mine right now!!!
+1 on what Bob said. I asked my dad once if I should grease the bar tip, he said he never does and he was advised that if you grease the tip once, you should always grease it.Only thing I might suggest- is if you start greasing the tip sprocket early in life- keep greasing the sprocket tip for the life of the bar- or never grease it from the get go.
In my experience, bar tip sprockets that were run with grease applied for a good part of their early life tend to get sloppy and flog out the bearings if the grease is ceased later in life
Finally, someone with a sound mind. I have made my living with a chainsaw for over forty years. And I am a tip greaser. The one thing I have not seen mentioned is water. My saws work in the rain as do I. They get put away wet, there's often no room in the sawbox so one maybe two ride in the weather. Sometimes I'll throw a wet saw in the shed for weeks or months. Surface rust grows quickly here and I certainly don't want any on my tip bearing, so I grease, I grease till its oozing between the chain and tip, then roll the chain some and grease more. If the bar's not on the saw I grease as I roll the sprocket along the bench or wall. I continue greasing till the groove is full. Ain't no water gettin in there. Grease is cheap maintenance and who doesn't like it on your clothes, skin, pickup seat, who knows where.I grease the bar tip daily, the clutch needle bearing weekly more if it’s doing all the work. It’s called maintenance. When your living depends on your saws running flawless you do maintence. I dress the rails on the bars as needed. I clean the air filter everynight
My first 350 husky saw I purchased the PO said it ran. The clutch needle bearing was rusted to the crank, fix the crankcase air leak, new fuel line, filter, new clutch drum/ bearing, it finally ran, the saw was filthy.Did you have to remove the "Prince Albert" to gain access to the hole?
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