Bar mod......stihl or husky to dolmar

[Spokerider]

Anybody done a bar mod?
Looking at making a Husqvarna bar or Stihl bar into a 14mm Dolmar mount.

A few minutes with a die grinder, relocating the oil holes........will it work?
Will the chain adjuster holes line up or will those need to be relocated too?

 

[sawfun]

For the Stihl 14mm to use on the older Dolmars, all you have to do is slot the oil hole a bit. I use an 1/8" carbide bit and figure out where it needs to be slotted slightly and hold the grinder at 30 - 45 degrees and it works great. You should not have to increase the hole size however, just the oil entry path.
Probably would not work on a Husky bar.

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

If you want to use husky bars you will need to turn down the sholders on the studs. Also if you want to use the stihl 066 mount bars.

I also ran stihl big mounts on my 166's. Also ran husky bars with shoulders turned down on another. Then to run the big stihl bars I used spacers I made from square nuts.

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

To run the husky bar just adjust oiler hole after turning stud shoulders down. This just shows how to run the big mount on the turned down studs too.

 

[Spokerider]

Thanks for the help guys. It looks do-able then. Lots of good advice.

Does anybody know if there is a bar stud from another saw, say Husqvarna or Stihl that will work / share the same thread diameter and pitch as the Dolmar 153?
I would prefer to get a second set of bar studs and modify them, keeping the originals intact. It would appear that the 153 bar studs don't grow on trees..........

 

[sawfun]

Take one of your bar studs out and check with a Stihl dealer or even a well stocked hardware & fastener store.

 

[nolids]

I don't know if this helps, but I just bought this bar and saw combo from Amazon for $79:. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01MY0ZGEG?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title#

I had to buy an 11/32" Cobalt drill to enlarge the chain adjuster holes to fit my Sachs Dolmar 133, then I sandwiched/bolted my old bar to the new bar and used a 4" grinder to grind the bar slots to 14mm. Fit perfectly, but now I have to add a link or two on the chain blade to get it on the drive sprocket. The oil holes are close enough.

 

[nolids]

I don't know if this helps, but I just bought this bar and saw combo from Amazon for $79:. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01MY0ZGEG?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title#

I had to buy an 11/32" Cobalt drill to enlarge the chain adjuster holes to fit my Sachs Dolmar 133, then I sandwiched/bolted my old bar to the new bar and used a 4" grinder to grind the bar slots to 14mm. Fit perfectly, but now I have to add a link or two on the chain blade to get it on the drive sprocket. The oil holes are close enough.

Update: I used two master links on a extra cutting tooth to lengthen the Oregon chain and cut a 25" elm log in about a minute and a half. See Avatar.