Stihl 026 shuts off when disengaging chainbrake

[austin11235]

I have a Stihl 026 that dies when I disengage the chain brake. It otherwise starts and runs fine. If I give it a little blip of gas when I disengage the break, it often will not die. Right now I just run it with the chain break off the whole time. I've cleaned the carb and air filter, and played with the jets. They are currently on factory settings. Any guesses?

Thanks

 

[jackjcc]

Most likely an air leak in the manifold. When you pull the chain brake it flexes the saw body against the handle. But it should also happen when you lean on it...so it could be something else.


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[Gypo Logger]

Broken clutch spring?

 

[Old2stroke]

Do you by any chance have the idle speed set so high that the chain would be moving at idle if the brake were not on?

 

[An-En]

Bad clutch is what i was thinking as well.

 

[HarleyT]

Try richening your low speed mix screw a hair, you may need to adj the idle speed and the high screw to compensate.

 

[austin11235]

Do you by any chance have the idle speed set so high that the chain would be moving at idle if the brake were not on?

Nope, chain doesn't spin.

I'll try HarleyT's suggestion and get back to you all