U R Stihl the 1
New Member
Hey all new to the forum here so bear with me. Truth be told I'm fairly new to the whole chainsaw obsession, but it's real and gotta say I love these little machines. That being said my first saw was a ms 250. I loved that little thing but decided to sell the 250 and get a 241 c-m that I've been looking at for awhile. Anyway bought the saw yesterday afternoon got it home and made some cuts though some blow down limbs from a recent storm 4-6" limbs. Messed around for about 20 and figured I'd get back at it today. Fired up the 241, oh by the way she's a little screamer(keep in mind the 250 is the only other saw I'd ever owned) and just a completely different machine and cutting experience. Love her! However today get back at it and not 2 min in and I'm mid cut through 6" limb of maple and my chainbrake spontaneously engages! I was like huh, thats odd but thought maybe i hadn't fully disengaged it prior to starting the cut. So i popped the brake and began finishing the cut and as I'm 90% through the limb I see a round piece of metal about the size of a quarter with a hole in the center sitting next to my foot. I knew this was part of my saw so I immediately shut her down. At that point noticed my chain had become pretty loose. Took off the sprocket cover and the drum and bearing had started to shift around and move away from the clutch towards the clutch cover and the e-clip was gone! I aplogize for the very long winded post here, as i said initially this is my first post. Hopefully I'll trim any future posts down considerably. I guess what I'm wondering is has anyone had a similar issue with the 241? Or any other Stihl saws? Is this a freak occurence? Called the dealer and I'm bringing it in tomorrow to make sure no damage was caused to clutch,bearing,sprocket,chain or bar. Thanks, look foward to any feedback or info anyone may have..✌