Husqvarna 455 Rancher Chainsaw where the Owner never oiled the Drum Needle Bearing! 

Thank you for the video. Never realized the needle bearing needed grease.

It’s been ran like that for a while. All the Husqvarna chainsaws I have, have a hole for greasing the roller bearing. Good to see you working on a saw rather than a snow blower!

It looks like the customer has learned an expensive lesson. It looks like you have given him some extra horsepower too. Great idea to test the oiler

Great trick with the drill for testing the oiler! Keeping that as a tool in the toolbox!

Great video Kenny! Lots of important points raised! I’ve never seen a Stihl with crankshaft oil hole, only husky’s myself 👍 good find with the exhaust gasket :)

The owner of the saw will be happy to get his saw back .great video Ken

Ken, this is perfect and that's the saw I have. Time to grease the bearing. Hope I didn't ruin it. Thank you

Thanks Ken for all the tips.

1.7k views! Awesome Ken. This guy is a better welder than I am 🤣🤣🤣. Great demonstration

Chain of events might have been the opposite. If the clutch is slipping it will generate heat, and that might melt the plastic and dry out the needle bearing. If the saw is not oiling correctly then everything tightens up and gets warm.

Good video. Not many people think of those bearings. Love the rubber band on the drill. I'll be using that now.

excellent Ken. Great idea with the rubber band.

Great job and video! I'm fixing to order new parts for my 455 Husky too

Thanks Kenny terrific tips. I enjoy your videos very much very informative

No need to tighten the clutch manually, run the saw full throttle and engage the chain brake…job done.

You are so creative

Kennys really pumping out the videos! Kenny that customer was lucky it didnt ruin the crankshaft. That saw is worth spending the money to have you repair it! Great job! 👍🎥🇺🇸

Decorating for Halloween? Presumably one filmed earlier rather that getting ready for 2023 Halloween really early" Well done, good tips. Cheers.

Hello love... You know what ken.. that's one of your best videos.. very informative and good to watch

I liked the drill trick also.

I like the oiler tip Ken

Rubberband tip AWESOME

I sometimes bolt exhaust gasket material over the port just to get the imprint of where to cut it...... One time I forgot to do the cutout to fit. The problem was that I was tackling another issue previous to this, perhaps no spark or something and so when I went to try to start it, for the life of me I could not understand how I had just fixed that problem (no spark) and yet the damned thing is again, failing to start? Bit like slipping some black paper inside of a welder's shield the sheer confusion it creates. Excellent tip on the oiler test. Thanks.

I really do hate to say this but I will, People who have no pride in what they own and keep is Serviced and or cleaned and in good operating condition really don't have any reason to own it. This includes anything Saws, Mowers, Vehicles, Homes and whatever else they can destroy. Also someone who doesn't have any idea what they are doing (gasket) shouldn't put their hands on it to work on it. Sick trick on checking oil pump output.👍 Over here a combination wrench and a cresent wrench. 😁 Good video Brother

Man he coulda lost the crank on that one. Ouch. They can even blow up because the heat from that failure will melt the crankshaft seals. That could have been much worse. I also wish the push lubers were easier to get grease out of when you're NOT doing the bar. I have ONE freaking saw drilled (out of many) to lube-through the easy way. But if you do it you cant SEE how much you are putting on it (and push lubers are anything but consistent) so I either end up with near none or it's splattered all over the inside of the clutch drum. So I just take it apart off and do em the hard way. Anyways, there's my ramble for the algorithm. Thanks for teaching people about this.

Need your help man. I bought a used 455 rancher and can’t seem to find a clutch drum for it that looks like yours that you bought. All the one that have the big teeth like the one you have say it’s .325 and the ones that are 3/8 look totally different. Wondering if you can help me figure out.

Maybe I missed it, but how does that bearing get lubricated? My saw leaks oil all over the place. Maybe that mine is still functioning?

You sure about the hole in the shaft is NOT for greasing the clutch drum bearing? My 3 Huskies all are greased that way . With my 19 Stihls ZERO are greased that way

Curious, I have a customers 445 chainsaw which also has the clutch and bearings welded to the shaft. How did you get the old clutch off????

Why no grease on the oiler drive gear when you reassembled?

Hi Ken, great video loads of information. Love the trick with the rubber band. Ken, did you say it was Halloween 🎃. Loving all the videos coming through. 🇬🇧

Unfortunately a hard lesson there lubrication is the case here but turned into a expensive bill at that time .

In the video I wanted to see the chain brake which you showed for a second. It looked dark. Was that dirt or burndt? I only ask because I've seen this same damage from people running the saw with the brake on or the band not seated properly and rubbing on the drum. Keep the chainsaw videos coming!

I seen a video where a guy was saying to use motor oil. Cant remember what weight. Is grease better?

$100 In parts, plus labor, all over some lube.

Quality vid.

What oil or grease would your recommend to lubricate the needle bearing?

Nice video Ken, I like the tip about the drill and rubber bands to check the oiler. Good catch on the muffler issue he was having. 👍