Chainsaw Bar Problem

[joe4str]

Helping my neighbor clean up brush from the nor'easter this weekend and nicked my Profil fiber chaps with a slow running chain.

The chaps did the job and stopped the saw but the fibers from the chaps got the whole system gummed up. I seem to have freed the sprocket and rest of the saw but the nose sprocket in the bar is totally stuck. I have tried to pick out the fibers but am likely doing damage to the bar.

Any ideas? Or, do I just need to suck it up and buy a new bar? Makes me mad as I had only run with the new bar a couple of hours.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Jimfound]

Try putting this thread in the Chainsaw forum...might get more responses there. Sorry about your bar (but glad about your leg!).

 

[scottr]

Joe , maybe if you flip the bar over you could use the power head to unstick (unwind) the fibers in the sprocket tip .

 

[logbutcher]

New Leg, Priceless; New Bar and Chaps ?

Helping my neighbor clean up brush from the nor'easter this weekend and nicked my Profil fiber chaps with a slow running chain.
The chaps did the job and stopped the saw but the fibers from the chaps got the whole system gummed up. I seem to have freed the sprocket and rest of the saw but the nose sprocket in the bar is totally stuck. I have tried to pick out the fibers but am likely doing damage to the bar.
Any ideas? Or, do I just need to suck it up and buy a new bar? Makes me mad as I had only run with the new bar a couple of hours.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Column I Column II
Ambulance to ER: $393.99 New 20" Bar: $66.00
ER Admission: $458.67 Chaps: $50+
Anesthesia: $689.33 GOL/CPL Training: $100+/day
Anesthesiologist :$582.99
Surgeon: $782.55
Dressings: $146.71
Stitches: $29.56/stitch
Etc....
Etc...
Days/Weeks Out of Work: Big $$$$

...and you're worried about a stinkin' bar ??:censored: :censored:

 

[SWE#Kipp]

I use my scrench and push the "screwdriver" end on the nose sprocket as hard as I can, either it will free up or get broke
it's only a bar
I have not broke a bar that way yet ,,,,,,

 

[hbbyloggr]

stuck

Joe,

Is it a replaceable tip? Take it to the saw shop and have them put a new tip on your bar.

 

[A100HVA]

I use my scrench and push the "screwdriver" end on the nose sprocket as hard as I can, either it will free up or get broke
it's only a bar
I have not broke a bar that way yet ,,,,,,

my thought exactly too
give'er a try not much to lose:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[joe4str]

Bar

Yeah, I've already tried that. It's just that the fibers are wound around the sprocket in a way that slows it considerably but I can't get it freed. I think I may try putting some heat to it to see if I can't burn the fibers out of there.

 

[Patrick62]

Try this...

First see if the fibers can be cooked with a lighter, if so then heat might work.
Then try some various solvents to see if something "melts" the fibers. I am not real positive on that last idea, but if something (gas? Paint stripper?) actually disolves then it is easy!

Otherwise, toss it and get a new one. Consider being thankful that you had the sense to have the chaps on! Jeez Louise!

-Pat