Carb adjusting screwdrivers

[davidwyby]

What works well?

Made this to fit inside the rubber guides pretty snug to keep centered.

 

[Duane(Pa)]

Don’t get me started! I must have 50-60? One Sick puppy

 

[Hoser]

I like the little Stihl ones, just gotta grind em down for 288’s I find.
Terminal drivers with the pocket clip are good too, less likely (but not impossible) to get stabbed in the nuts or thigh by it.

 

[Stump Shot]

Get yourself one of these and you're all set. https://www.hlsproparts.com/product-p/501600203.htm

 

[Squareground3691]

 

[IffykidMn]

Get yourself one of these and you're all set. https://www.hlsproparts.com/product-p/501600203.htm

Does not have the built-in coke spoon like Davids homemade.

 

[Jusgunn3]

I buy small screwdrivers everywhere I can find them, cheap ones break all the time

 

[Coupe]

I like the little orange stihl ones and just burn a line into them so
you can count how many turns when ajusting the carb.

 

[They call me Mr. Kibbs]

I like the little vorange stihl onesan d just burn a line into them so
you can count how many turns when ajusting the carb.

Seems to be a common theme, one looking for a coke spoon and one burning a line...no further comments...

 

[Wood Doctor]

I have two Stihl small screwdrivers: one that I keep in the shop and the other that I take to the worksite. Both get quite a workout because they work. I have other small ones but the Stihls are my favorites.

 

[Coupe]

Burning a line in the handle of the stihl screwdriver makes it
a lot easier to count how many turns you have taken the
ajustment screws out.
Try it.

 

[Duane(Pa)]

My Stihl screwdrivers have an arrow molded into the back. I use a sharpie to make it stand out. Truthfully, I tune by dexterity more than vision. I’m always amazed how a very small adjustment can make a huge difference.

 

[FergusonTO35]

I have a set of electronics screwdrivers from Matco with really long and thin blades that works well, I think it is actually made by Wiha.

 

[Coupe]

I find a line burnt into the handle is good if you have had your jets right out so if you want one and a quarter
or one and a half turns out just as a ball park figure. Then I tune by ear from there on.

 

[Michael Rupley]

You don't have to "burn a line" the Stil driver has a bump on the handle.

 

[Stump Shot]

Stihl also makes a dial that slips on the screwdriver shaft and is divided into sixteenths. Stihl part number 5910 893 6600

 

[Squareground3691]

You don't have to "burn a line" the Stil driver has a bump on the handle.

As seen in post #5 Stihl and Husky

 

[davidwyby]

I've always used little promotional screwdrivers. Problem was they were too small for the rubber guides and would slip off or get in the pocket next to the screw head. Saws with the limiters ripper out worse, 395xp H the worst. Started making or modifying larger ones that fit/center in the bore.

 

[JKNW]

I like the ones West Coast Saw throws in my orders. Also old Craftsman 41589 flat heads

 

[crowslayer17]

I know a Wera 4mm slotted screwdriver fits just snug in the rubber on a Dolmar PS-9000.
It's a straight cabinet tip, so the shaft is 4mm also.