No long winded stories on who built the garage he is working in or history, with slides, of his life....just a GOOD detailed video of WHAT WE TUNED IN TO SEE for a change....well done video series.
I broke a spring on my MS 460 and replaced all three springs with oem springs. Have not had a problem with it, since. I use high temp wheel bearing grease on my sprocket bearings. I clean the sprockets on all of my saws every couple of years and lubricate the sprocket bearing. I have never toasted a sprocket bearing. Stihl uses white lithium grease but my high temp wheel bearing grease works fine. I do like the grease hole on my Husqvarna saws which allows me to grease them without pulling the sprocket and clutch. I grease them once a year with my grease gun. My 026 must be an earlier saw than yours because it has a rubber plug in the deco opening and does not have a deco valve. Thanks for the information you gave on the 026.
John, thanks for your comments. The Husqvarna saws with an outboard clutch need the lube hole in the crank as it's such a pain to get to the bearing, but with the Stihl it's just remove a single clip. I grease the needle rollers frequently. I like the 026 saws as being very reliable and not too heavy. Cheers
@@TheInfoworks you are right, Andy. My 455 has the lube hole but my 372 does not. I lube the sprocket bearing based upon time and usage. I have been looking for a little 026/260 for several years because it is light and reasonably powerful. I was talking to the tech at my local Stihl dealer and asked him if he had one. He said he thought so and we looked in his pile of junk. He told me that it had been crash damaged and I said make me a price and he said $25 and I walked out the door with it. I cleaned it up pretty good that afternoon and assessed it. It had been hammered by a tree and had a broken gas tank and rear handle. I ordered one for it. The next morning, I squirted some gas down it’s throat and pulled the starter rope and it rolled over. I gave it a few more squirts and it ran for a few seconds. Yesterday, I connected it to an auxiliary gas tank and ran it for 15 minutes, even though I only had a throttle rod to use to control its throttle. It worked fine. I ran it another 15 minutes yesterday afternoon and I noticed the compression had really jumped up. My new rear handle will be here Monday. I will get it on and continue to assess it. I am pleased so far.
Hi. The fault could well be in the clutch. I assume the saw runs well and ticks over really nice. If the tick over is high or poor this will not help. There is obviously drag in the clutch, so try the bearing. Check the end of the crank to see if it is worn. Does the clutch make a ringing sound when the saw is ticking over? This would indicate bearing wear. Make sure the new bearing is well lubricated with grease. A dry bearing will create plenty of drag. Hope that helps.
Andy, what do you cover the triangular shaped hole ( at about 5 o’clock) on the clutch side of the 026/260. This hole will allow sawdust, dirt and grime to get into the area of the sprocket, clutch and worm gear. Bigger saws have a piece of plastic, an extension of the chain break system, that covers this hole but the 026/260 does not have one. I have contemplated getting a flat piece of thin aluminum and fabricating it to cover this opening and drilling a hole and tapping the case to hold down this cover. I just get tired of pulling the clutch and sprocket off to lean sawdust out of them. I have an 026 Pro. Thanks.
John, I've used 026 saws since the nineties and had no real problems with muck in the clutch. I do take the drum off to grease the bearing. One of the important things is to make sure the chain is producing chippings and not dust. Cheers
@@TheInfoworks Andy, my chains are sharp. I have an Oregon LGX on it, .325, .50, 69 on the original 18 inch bar. I wanted to put a 3/8 but could not find the right rim sprocket for it. I grease the bearings in all of my saws at least once a year. I use high temp wheel bearing grease. The one saw I like is my Husky 455. I can grease it with my grease gun. I wish all saws were designed that way.the grease hole makes them a lot easier to grease. I have Valvoline full synthetic EP2 in my grease gun.
if the clutch bearing is bad would it cause the saw to stall out cause i have a stihl ms280 and when you apply the chain brake it dies i checked the clutch springs and none where broke
No long winded stories on who built the garage he is working in or history, with slides, of his life....just a GOOD detailed video of WHAT WE TUNED IN TO SEE for a change....well done video series.
Mark, thanks for the comment, much appreciated, I hope to hear from you again on other videos, cheers
@@TheInfoworks Keep them coming Andy.....GREAT work.
I broke a spring on my MS 460 and replaced all three springs with oem springs. Have not had a problem with it, since. I use high temp wheel bearing grease on my sprocket bearings. I clean the sprockets on all of my saws every couple of years and lubricate the sprocket bearing. I have never toasted a sprocket bearing. Stihl uses white lithium grease but my high temp wheel bearing grease works fine. I do like the grease hole on my Husqvarna saws which allows me to grease them without pulling the sprocket and clutch. I grease them once a year with my grease gun. My 026 must be an earlier saw than yours because it has a rubber plug in the deco opening and does not have a deco valve. Thanks for the information you gave on the 026.
John, thanks for your comments. The Husqvarna saws with an outboard clutch need the lube hole in the crank as it's such a pain to get to the bearing, but with the Stihl it's just remove a single clip. I grease the needle rollers frequently. I like the 026 saws as being very reliable and not too heavy. Cheers
@@TheInfoworks you are right, Andy. My 455 has the lube hole but my 372 does not. I lube the sprocket bearing based upon time and usage. I have been looking for a little 026/260 for several years because it is light and reasonably powerful. I was talking to the tech at my local Stihl dealer and asked him if he had one. He said he thought so and we looked in his pile of junk. He told me that it had been crash damaged and I said make me a price and he said $25 and I walked out the door with it. I cleaned it up pretty good that afternoon and assessed it. It had been hammered by a tree and had a broken gas tank and rear handle. I ordered one for it. The next morning, I squirted some gas down it’s throat and pulled the starter rope and it rolled over. I gave it a few more squirts and it ran for a few seconds. Yesterday, I connected it to an auxiliary gas tank and ran it for 15 minutes, even though I only had a throttle rod to use to control its throttle. It worked fine. I ran it another 15 minutes yesterday afternoon and I noticed the compression had really jumped up. My new rear handle will be here Monday. I will get it on and continue to assess it. I am pleased so far.
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Hi. The fault could well be in the clutch. I assume the saw runs well and ticks over really nice. If the tick over is high or poor this will not help. There is obviously drag in the clutch, so try the bearing. Check the end of the crank to see if it is worn. Does the clutch make a ringing sound when the saw is ticking over? This would indicate bearing wear. Make sure the new bearing is well lubricated with grease. A dry bearing will create plenty of drag. Hope that helps.
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Andy, what do you cover the triangular shaped hole ( at about 5 o’clock) on the clutch side of the 026/260. This hole will allow sawdust, dirt and grime to get into the area of the sprocket, clutch and worm gear. Bigger saws have a piece of plastic, an extension of the chain break system, that covers this hole but the 026/260 does not have one. I have contemplated getting a flat piece of thin aluminum and fabricating it to cover this opening and drilling a hole and tapping the case to hold down this cover. I just get tired of pulling the clutch and sprocket off to lean sawdust out of them. I have an 026 Pro. Thanks.
John, I've used 026 saws since the nineties and had no real problems with muck in the clutch. I do take the drum off to grease the bearing. One of the important things is to make sure the chain is producing chippings and not dust. Cheers
@@TheInfoworks Andy, my chains are sharp. I have an Oregon LGX on it, .325, .50, 69 on the original 18 inch bar. I wanted to put a 3/8 but could not find the right rim sprocket for it. I grease the bearings in all of my saws at least once a year. I use high temp wheel bearing grease. The one saw I like is my Husky 455. I can grease it with my grease gun. I wish all saws were designed that way.the grease hole makes them a lot easier to grease. I have Valvoline full synthetic EP2 in my grease gun.
if the clutch bearing is bad would it cause the saw to stall out cause i have a stihl ms280 and when you apply the chain brake it dies i checked the clutch springs and none where broke
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