026 cutting sideways

[fin460]

I went over to my neighbors yesterday as he had some big chunks of oak to cut up. I brought him my 36" bar and a new chain. I put it on and went outside to try it out. The bar was pretty much buried and the log was on the ground on gravel, I was having fun but noticed I made an ugly curve cut.

I looked at the chain to make sure one side wasn't dull, and it wasn't. So I tried it again conscious of how I was holding the saw and how I was dawging in the saw, and it cut just fine, nice and straight.

The way I was dawging in the saw was twisting it slightly.

 

[Dustin4185]

I went over to my neighbors yesterday as he had some big chunks of oak to cut up. I brought him my 36" bar and a new chain. I put it on and went outside to try it out. The bar was pretty much buried and the log was on the ground on gravel, I was having fun but noticed I made an ugly curve cut.

I looked at the chain to make sure one side wasn't dull, and it wasn't. So I tried it again conscious of how I was holding the saw and how I was dawging in the saw, and it cut just fine, nice and straight.

The way I was dawging in the saw was twisting it slightly.

I thought the same thing. I will try after while.

 

[Jughead]

Check and see if the chain is .050 gauge in a .063 gauge bar.

 

[jb-chainsaws]

Have you checked the rakers? If one side is uniformly lower than the other it'll be taking a bigger bite, but I agree with what others have said it's probably more to do with the way it's dawged into the wood

 

[Dustin4185]

Check and see if the chain is .050 gauge in a .063 gauge bar.

Checked, well, what the box said anyways. Stihl doesn't make a .325 pitch chain in .050 do they?

 

[Dustin4185]

Have you checked the rakers? If one side is uniformly lower than the other it'll be taking a bigger bite, but I agree with what others have said it's probably more to do with the way it's dawged into the wood

Brand new out of the box chains.

 

[Onan18]

Checked, well, what the box said anyways. Stihl doesn't make a .325 pitch chain in .050 do they?

Yes sir they do, not common but they do make 23RS

 

[jimmorrison]

I will try to run it without the clutch cover. I did use it for a short time in the shed and yes it cuts sideways. I have never had a saw with a new chain and bar do this. I don't know WTF is going on with it! I'm sure something simple.

Yes, something simple, bar, chain, or drive rim.

 

[Jughead]

Checked, well, what the box said anyways. Stihl doesn't make a .325 pitch chain in .050 do they?

Yeah ran into a mismatch several years ago on my uncles 028.someone had given him the chain and he put it on.sawed with it a day or so and bought a new bar and chain.he thought the bar was worn out.

 

[GCJenks204]

Checked, well, what the box said anyways. Stihl doesn't make a .325 pitch chain in .050 do they?

Very common up here.

 

[Jughead]

hey dustin what part of east tn you in?

 

[Jughead]

actually i bought a .050 23rs yesterday for a Shindaiwa im working on.

 

[Dustin4185]

actually i bought a .050 23rs yesterday for a Shindaiwa im working on.View attachment 54000

I live in Sharps Chapel. What numbers are on the drive links? He had to spin it up for me, so he may have grabbed the wrong chain. Still doesn't explain why it didnt do it to me.

 

[Jughead]

Oh ok.i'm farther east near nc and va.i'll look tomorrow on the numbers.
Easy way to check compare the thickness of the drive links with a dime.

 

[Jughead]

number 3 on the drives

 

[Dustin4185]

I may have it narrowed down to the chain. Those bastards! I thought I had put the new chain on, but dad said I sent two new ones. He know I have a grinder, so when the other one got dull he put one out of the box on it. Then it cut sideways and put the other one on. I looked at my receipt and it is supposedly 67 dl, 26RS. Chain has a 3 on the DLs so I guess it is .050. That also explains the oil oozing out of the bar! I will check the box when I get back in town.

 

[RI Chevy]

Glad you figured it out.
Send the .050 to me and I will make good use out of it. Lol

 

[Dustin4185]

Glad you figured it out.
Send the .050 to me and I will make good use out of it. Lol

When I get back Thursday, they are going back to Co Op! It probably was a factory screw up unless they spun it up. I can't remember if the box had a label or was hand written. They should make it up for me but if not, I will send away!

 

[RI Chevy]

Lol. They should make it right. [emoji106]

 

[Dustin4185]

I would not have thought that would have caused it. It always cut one way also. I guess the way we were holding the saw. It also didn't do it as bad on small stuff, usually 10"and up.