Since nobody here can lay a hand on your saw to see what is going on, why don't you take it to a dealer and ask them to show you what is wrong. I don't believe your problem is in the chain, bar or sprocket. There are several possibilities that weren't mentioned, one such issue would be the alignment of the chain brake mechanism between the saw and the clutch cover. There has to be a simple explanation.
Yep, it's a 3/8. 3/8 is .375.Huh? It IS between .650" and .750" -- as I said, it is about .71875". Divide that by two and you get .359375". Of course, that is just by guessing, eyeballing a ruler, I don't have a caliper. So, does 1/2 of .71875" (.359375") indicate that it is 3/8 (.375) and not a .325 chain?
The pic posted by Philbert above... the distance between the two dashed lines... on mine, that is what I am calling .71875".
I am going to run the saw just a little and try again as some have suggested.
My bet is still on this having a .325 drive...
I had a similar problem like this. Turned out it was narrow kerf bar with a regular kerf chain. Chain was correct drive count, correct gauge, just wrong kerf. i listened to folks advice and got it sorted out fast. Learned about regular and narrow kerf at this time.
Ever once in a while these threads come up and it amazes me how many pages it takes before it gets resolved. One of the reasons it takes so damn long is because the OP won't take the advice and actually try what is mentioned. At this point, just writing this feels like a waist of time. I would go find a similar thread and link it here but after 5 pages it probably has already been covered. If anyone is inclined they can use the search and find one, maybe it's 10 pages long and has 5 pages of ides that haven't been mentioned yet.
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