afleetcommand
Pinnacle OPE Member
Spike60 demonstrates:
( With a saw some would have brought to a dealer thinking they had an issue)
( With a saw some would have brought to a dealer thinking they had an issue)
If one is having issues with the autotune or issues with the way the saw is running this "re set" may be a great place to start.I thought the whole point if auto tune was to keep them tuned perfectly while working. Anyone can spend 3 min adjusting the low speed and 45sec adjusting the high manually. I've often thought auto tune tech is just too much to ask for it to work well.
A reset procedure is one thing, but I hope this isn't what it takes to keep the saw tuned all the time. I don't exactly want to have to find long logs and Mark them up length wise.
My question as well. Thanks for the video guys.So with normal firewood cutting or felling would the saw actually be running long enough at full throttle to do this adjustment? I could see it working well if milling but most cuts dont last long enough. Just thinking out loud here. Thoughts??
Great video and good info! Thanks
I think this might be true for most if not all saws. With an older saw if you let it sit an idle a bunch the carb will load up and she'll start chugging, it might be misleading that the auto tune will self adjust and clean up even while idling and sitting. That old mag saw kind of demands attention for work or it'll cut out just sitting.Most of the autotune and mtronic problems comes from people running them like pussies. They aren’t made to idle all day by a chipper or cut two cookies on a Sunday and put back on the shelf. It won’t tune properly. You have to run them hard. They harder you run them... the better they seem to run. One other thing I will do that I think makes a difference is before shutting them off is to let it settle down to idle for a few seconds. Especially after a hard run.
Don't understand why guys do that. Saws I own, start them, drop tree, cut limbs off, shut saw off, move brush, restart saw (usually one pull), cut tree into firewood. Like my 372 or 572 for felling, 550mk2 for brushing. 550 get started and shut down many times (dislike tripping over limbs on ground).I think this might be true for most if not all saws. With an older saw if you let it sit an idle a bunch the carb will load up and she'll start chugging, it might be misleading that the auto tune will self adjust and clean up even while idling and sitting. That old mag saw kind of demands attention for work or it'll cut out just sitting.
The modern autotune is light and nimble and attractive to the user who only wants to pull that starter once before lunch. I've been there on storm clean up were all the old guys fire the saw up and cut alittle then set it down to move branches and shoot the breeze all the while that saw is idling away , kind of ironic but if it was carburetor saw they shut it down for restart .
Old injuries, laziness, or learned behavior. Really most people aren't familiar with chainsaw maintenance let alone operation.Don't understand why guys do that. Saws I own, start them, drop tree, cut limbs off, shut saw off, move brush, restart saw (usually one pull), cut tree into firewood. Like my 372 or 572 for felling, 550mk2 for brushing. 550 get started and shut down many times (dislike tripping over limbs on ground).
How deep is that cut?I service saws for a tree co, went to test my sharpening job and the saw would die when I tried to start a cut. So I let it idle 3min and done this
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It's a strong runner now.
I'll wait for a hot day I'm out there and get them all setup for summer because it's about to warm up a lot here.