POLL: Greasing bar tip sprocket frequency?

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How often do you grease your tip?

  • Yes, I grease bar tip sprocket upon every tank re-fuelling.

    Votes: 14 9.0%
  • Yes, a single daily greasing is sufficient.

    Votes: 53 34.2%
  • No, bar & chain oil reaches and lubes the sprocket bearings.

    Votes: 73 47.1%
  • The bar can be greased?

    Votes: 15 9.7%

  • Total voters
    155
ms290

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my stihl bars dont have grease holes. I dont grease. If im in bad wood or big hard woods i will put some extra oil on the bar and spin the chain by hand.
 
yamahammer

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Quality control at Stihl must be at a all time low. I went to grease my bar after reading this thread-all the way mind you, and could'nt find a hole! So being the backyard genius I drilled and taped for my new grease zirk and wallahhhh now my 16" bar has a limiter on it that makes sure I can only cut 14" logs!
 
GASoline71

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Quality control at Stihl must be at a all time low. I went to grease my bar after reading this thread-all the way mind you, and could'nt find a hole! So being the backyard genius I drilled and taped for my new grease zirk and wallahhhh now my 16" bar has a limiter on it that makes sure I can only cut 14" logs!

Dude... the Stihl bars don't have a hole, because they don't need to be greased...

Unless you're just joshin' us... :laugh:

Gary
 
yamahammer

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Dude... the Stihl bars don't have a hole, because they don't need to be greased...

Unless you're just joshin' us... :laugh:

Gary

Hehehe :laugh: maybe but then again you would'nt happen to a zirk plug lay'in around by chance? It just keeps squirt'in out the other side of the bar---hindsight is telling me I should'nt have drilled all the way through the bar.:dizzy:
 
ms290

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whats the point of greasing a stihl bar? they dont have the hole for a reason. My el-cheapo saws have the grease holes and i didnt know what the hole was for until just this year. I dont use cheap saws anymore so it dont make a lick of difference now.:spam:
 
yamahammer

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Just one more :newbie: question, if I port my newly insalled grease zirk will it grease more efficiently or would it be worth the added expense? My mind is always clicking, but not always in gear.
 
edisto

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Dude... the Stihl bars don't have a hole, because they don't need to be greased...

Unless you're just joshin' us... :laugh:

Gary

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