MS211 bar/chain question

[Yooperforeman]

Can I get a 3/8 pitch chain and bar for an MS211? My dealer says they don't make a sprocket for the 211 with a 3/8 pitch chain.I'd like to run a 3/8 chain so it will be the same as my other saw.

 

[GoldenStihls]

Okay,
An MS 211 (i'm only guessing here) the biggest bar it can handle is a 14" maybbe 16", No 14" bar I've ever heard of had a 3/8's sprocket,
Also, I wouldn't advise you to run anything bigger then rapid micro.

 

[Yooperforeman]

O.K. thanks,it came with the 16" micro 3/8 bar/chain,I was hoping I could go to the regular 3/8 chain.

 

[Stihl-Pioneer]

If you are talking regular 3/8, I don't think they make a bar that would fit. I know its a gutsy saw but not that gutsy its only 35cc. On a 50cc saw you could probably get away with it. They do make a rim sprocket kit for it, but it is a 7 tooth picco rim.

 

[Sagetown]

Similar question the other day. The bar nose sprocket is also different tooth number too. So you're pretty much stuck with the micro (low profile) chains.

 

[SawTroll]

O.K. thanks,it came with the 16" micro 3/8 bar/chain,I was hoping I could go to the regular 3/8 chain.

Just forget that - even if you find a way to fit it, it would not work well at all on that saw!

 

[Zombiechopper]

just learn to live with two chain types and be happy you aren't like some of us that deal with 4 or 5!