Chainsaw chain

[Pcbw69]

Is it normal for a chain to barely fit around the bar when installing?

 

[Wood Doctor]

Is it normal for a chain to barely fit around the bar when installing?

Sometimes it is but especially if the chain is missing a drive link or your bar is a bit too long.

 

[Pcbw69]

I have a 42 inch ripping chain on a 42 inch Oregon power match bar and the chain needed a little persuasion to go on. It seemed to function normally when I powered up the saw and milled a couple of slabs. No cause for concern then?

 

[computeruser]

Nope!

 

[Efisher26]

What is the model of the bar


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[Pcbw69]

Thanks

it’s a 42 inch Oregon power match .063 3/8 pitch bar

 

[Wood Doctor]

The chain will stretch. Next time I doubt that you will have any trouble. Sometimes even a new sprocket coupled with a new chain will make things a bit tight.

 

[mbrick]

As long as the tension is correct when it is installed that is OK. It may be a drive link short so with the bar all the way in the chain is still a tad tight? Or the new sprocket/bar/chain just need to break in a bit. With that many links it will stretch after running for a bit.