There were like 6 left when I bought mine.
Is that from Sugar Creek Supply I’ve used there’s good quality stuff .my ebay decals just arrived. same guy that did the ones for my SP70. top quality work IMO.
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Which seller was it?
Keep rolling, rolling rolling32F here and 20 Mph winds this morning. Setting posts in mud in places. Mother nature is not helping us this week lol.
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Its a 050 but very worn , a pinch in the groove might be making the chain ride up.I was pretty stoked to get the 28" bar and chain with my new to me 10-10S. as I mentioned earlier, I installed them on my SP70.
something isn't right. the chain is sloppy in the groove and doesn't ride right on the nose sprocket. on the nose the chain rides up higher on the top and rides over to one side more than the other. when I got these, I cleaned out the groove and cleaned the nose sprocket and greased the nose sprocket. the nose sprocket is tight with no play and rotates smoothly. the markings on the bar tell me it is 3/8 pitch, but I don't know how to tell what the gauge of the bar is. there is an FQ marking on the bar, but I have googled that and the other number and get nothing. maybe too old for Oregon to list.
the number 72 on the drive link of the Oregon chain tells me it is 3/8 pitch/.050 gauge.
I checked the drive link thickness on the chain with a micrometer and got .507 in. I checked the width of the bar groove with feeler gauges and got .060.
so, either the groove in the bar is worn out or the PO was running a .050 gauge chain in a .058 gauge bar.
can anyone translate the bar markings to determine gauge?
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Yup that one looks similar to mine.I googled that and found this. they all look like this same one except for a stainless steel one on ebay.
https://stahlssupplies.com/Bar-Rail-Closer_p_498.html
that one looks more heavy duty. I looked on Bailey's website, apparently don't carry it anymore.I have the Baileys unit, you have to learn to work with it as you don't simply dial in the gap you want and pull it down the bar. Lots of little adjustments, pull and check, adjust, etc....
You also have to learn to lift it as you approach the sprocket nose of the bar...unless you take the nose completely off.
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