I just bought one, and it's been great, but the next day I had to clean it, and I was very uncertain. Cleaning it in the wrong way seemed inevitable. Thanks for being my dad for a day and helping take the mysteries out of properly cleaning up my first saw!
Technical writing has always been in my job description. I watch a lot of instructional videos on RU-vid for a variety of things. I always appreciate any instructional videos that are posted. While intensions are good, some instructional videos assume things, skip areas, fail to show measurements and specific tools or use undefined acronyms. Kudos to you for putting together a very thorough video with excellent audio & video. Thanks so much for sharing!
That's one of the best compliments I have received - thank you! By the way, seeing that your handle is @1995texasaggie, I was teaching high school (Spanish and world geography) about a half hour's drive from Texas A&M at Somerville High School in 1995. Always happy to connect with a fellow Texan or anyone with a friendly eye toward my home state. Godspeed!
@@strongtowermedia4562 Ha! I drove a UPS truck to work my way through school. Brenham, Somerville, Dime Box, Independence, Burton.....I've rolled through them all. Who knows, I may have delivered a box with a footprint on it to your house. 🙂
When my husband passed last year people came out of the woodwork for the tools... "No"! and I hid everything right down to the nubby phillips head. I jump right in with ANY kind of tool. It's true not to loan them out. My son finally found and returned the chainsaw. a year Wrong blade (found out), no bar oil and so caked with oil soaked sawdust I'm surprised it would turn. Fast forward to your EXCELLENT video because using is one thing but changing the blade so I keep all my body parts is something I don't know about. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't tighten the chain like you. Mine had a limited range. Thought it could be gunked up. When I took apart the box, I found the screw bent. Borrow from someone else people or buy your own! It'll probably be snowing now before I can do what I have to. If I can get that screw, I'll be back here to make sure I get it right. Thank you.
Thank you for your comment. I am sorry to hear about your husband's passing. I don't blame you for keeping a close eye on your tools. I think that's probably pretty smart. With regard to tightening the chain, it might be the screw, or it might be that the chain is so worn out that it just needs to be replaced. Hard to tell without looking at it. Anyway, best of luck to you and God bless you as you persevere.
Thanks @pattyatlane, I am glad it was helpful to you! Please let me know if there is another "how-to" that might be of service to you, and if it is something I can produce, I will do my best to do so.
thanks new POP im 45 and have a 21 son of my own.. and I just jumped my saw the second time tonight trying to trim a hedge up along my drive way.. im single nd 2x divorced and my parents never toaught me crap about taking care of a home.. soo this is yes thankfully helpful.. Im gonna go back out and try again! to fix my chain saw!! lol
@@strongtowermedia4562 Awesome! Thank you for watching! I had fun with that. It’s a good little machine. From your video I not only learned to put the chain back on, it kept coming off, but to tighten it as well. That helped a lot! Thanks again.
Thanks was struggling I thought the chains were bad and I never replaced a chain before till I see I put the chain on backwards and saw lines where the direction of the chain has to go have that same chainsaw great demonstration!
Is the end part of the video, the amount of “tightness” the chain needs to be? Does it need to be able to be manually pulled away from the housing? So not so tight the chain can’t be pulled away?
It needs to be able to move freely along the track of the bar, just using your thumb and forefinger of one hand. If it is not sliding freely, it is either too tight, or the bar brake is applied (a safety feature on some saws; consult your manual), or you have a problem with the cog wheel on the end of the bar (from a worn bar or a lack of lubricant getting to cog wheel), or you have a problem with the drive gear. In the case of the drive gear, you need to have your saw serviced. In my experience, you chain should not be hanging below the bar so much that there is a visible gap between the bar and chain that you can see through.
Kimberly, sorry it took me a while to get back to you. I take chains in to have them sharpened at a local shop. Most professional saw dealers offer this service for just a few dollars per chain. Generally, I have kept chains through multiple sharpenings until they literally get too long to stay on the bar, or until the teeth are visibly beyond usefulness. I am sure they local folks where you get your chain sharpened can inspect them from time to time and advise you on it. Hope that helps!
Struggling to get the black cover off. I’ve removed the two bolts and it feels like somethings going to break if I keep pulling on it. Update: the cover eventually came off but the chain was bound up and putting some abnormal pressure on it.
Haven't tried it on this saw. Some saw specifications allow for different lengths of bars. On this Ryobi saw, if you find yourself needing a 16" bar, you may need a more powerful saw in my opinion.
I had to look up what a Mac 310 is - not familiar with that saw . Yikes! Looks like a bear of a job, with that thing that looks like a centrifugal clutch right in the middle of everything.
@@strongtowermedia4562 in addition, the chain tensioner is on the cover. It has a raised nub that grabs a hole in the bar. Everything has two line up and it is all wobbly. You need good light to make sure that locator pin hits the hole.
You do not need to oil the chain, At least not in this case. There may be some manufacturers that recommend it, but none that I am aware of. The chain gets oiled from the chainsaw oiling mechanism, and does not need to be pre-oiled, so to speak.
Jason, do you mean it is slipping off the bar? What kind of saw are you using (brand and model)? Make sure you move the bar up and down as you turn the adjusting screw to tighten the chain. If it is still slipping off, it may be due to a worn chain (worn chains can lengthen excessively due to wear at the link pivots). Reply back if there's further assistance I can provide to you.
