I Hate Front Mounted Chain Tensioners

[Philbert]

Just saying.

Working on a neighbor's saw. Screw head is always covered with junk. Hard to reach. Hit the bar/chain with your hands. Hard to turn with a scrench so I gotta carry another tool.

Thank you Mr. Stihl, or Mr. Homelite, or Mr. Remmington, or whomever it was, that invented the side access tensioner.

Philbert

 

[Jtheo]

I never had a side tensioner until about 3 years ago.

Never hated the front mounted ones either. That was all I had for 25 years or so :msp_laugh:

 

[MEATSAW]

Probably designed by an engineer who never had to use a chainsaw. The side tensioner was clearly inspired design from people who had to live in the painful existence of front tensioners.

I wonder if you can retrofit a front mount (like say my 028 Super) to a side-adjust. I know 028s were made later on with side access tensioners... hmmmm

 

[Stihl Rules]

I didnt have a side tensioner till about a month ago. Now its like front tensioner what?

 

[PLMCRZY]

Probably designed by an engineer who never had to use a chainsaw. The side tensioner was clearly inspired design from people who had to live in the painful existence of front tensioners.

I wonder if you can retrofit a front mount (like say my 028 Super) to a side-adjust. I know 028s were made later on with side access tensioners... hmmmm

I believe you can i think there is a thread on here about it.

 

[sunfish]

They all used to be front tensioners.

 

[Duke Thieroff]

They made from mount chain tensioners so you could hang your Kleenex on them so you could dry the little tears you're crying!





Seriously, the can be a pain in the but sometimes.


Chris

 

[cbfarmall]

If you're a collector of vintage saws, it's not as if one has a choice in tensioners and is therefore not worth crying about. Front tensioners are certainly a much less complicated arrangement, absent of worm gearing.

Chris B.

 

[Wildman1024]

Thank you Mr.Homelite for the design of side tensioners and then stihl stealing them cause its the best idea ever!

 

[Steveo_supremo]

Not really a big deal for Me. Here's what 'ol Chopper Reid would say to people who don't like them.
YouTube - Chopper - Harden Up Australia!

 

[Gypo Logger]

Front tensioners are mostly a pita when all the gunk there is frozen. Lol
John

 

[Anthony_Va.]

Front tensioners just plain suck. All there is to it. I'm not here to cry about it because it's not worth crying over, but I think most would agree that they are aggravating. :msp_thumbup:

 

[fluffysaw]

394xp

I purchased a 394xp a couple of years back. It has a front tensioner...total PITA....on a pro saw.
I hope the new saws make this obsolete. Along with the tool-less tensioner. (Or make one that actually works in the real world.)

 

[Justsaws]

Could be no tensioners(adjusters) or the ill fated levers.

Perhaps what is required is an automatic setup based on the tension of the chain under load, similar to a self adjusting carb/injector? Remember when saws had the antique no moving parts gas and oil caps?

Ah the good old days when oil fill holes were the size of dimes and everybody got a free funnel with purchase of a new saw.

 

[northwest coast]

i hear it, i had to nearly remove the mill from my 076 today just to give a little tightening to my chain. on my husky 2100 i can just barely sneak in there to get at it with the mill still on, not without sore knuckles though.

 

[Wolfcsm]

Probably designed by an engineer who never had to use a chainsaw. The side tensioner was clearly inspired design from people who had to live in the painful existence of front tensioners.

I wonder if you can retrofit a front mount (like say my 028 Super) to a side-adjust. I know 028s were made later on with side access tensioners... hmmmm

Welcome to AS.

From Killeen here - except when I am in Iraq, like the next three months.

Hal

 

[DangerTree]

Just saying.

Working on a neighbor's saw. Screw head is always covered with junk. Hard to reach. Hit the bar/chain with your hands. Hard to turn with a scrench so I gotta carry another tool.

Thank you Mr. Stihl, or Mr. Homelite, or Mr. Remmington, or whomever it was, that invented the side access tensioner.

Philbert

You know what I hate. Those stupid ass flip top gas and oil caps that Stihl have started using. They suck hard core!

 

[belgian]

You know what I hate. Those stupid ass flip top gas and oil caps that Stihl have started using. They suck hard core!

LOL, At least the side mounted tensioner was an improvement ....


http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/117054.htm

 

[WillBrayJr]

Front mounted tensioners can be a bit annoying but atleast they're tried and true. As for tool-less tensioners, whoever designed those is on mind altering drugs.

 

[Hddnis]

I don't really care between the two, the front ones don't seem to take any longer to adjust.



Mr. HE