New Pro Chain from Stihl
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Lit1023
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Yes that is the stuff.This stuff by any chance?
Lit1023
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I was told that it would be fine on regular kerf bars, however if they think they can make a buck off of selling customers a new bar I wouldn't be surprised.
No word on 3/8's yet.
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Thanks for sharing ...we may have them here in Manitoba already too.
Looking at your pictures I earlier guessed right those drive links are .050" thickness top to bottom.
Looking at your pictures I earlier guessed right those drive links are .050" thickness top to bottom.
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Interesting thanks. So they don't even currently make a narrow kerf bar for it?I was told that it would be fine on regular kerf bars, however if they think they can make a buck off of selling customers a new bar I wouldn't be surprised.
Also: do they make this chain in 063 or is it 050 only?
Sorry for all the questions!
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Yes .050
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Would it be possible to get a link to a Canadian dealer for this NK 0.325 chain. The Stihl number 3690 002 00xx does not give any hits here in Europa.
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That would be awesome. My US dealer has no info on it either. I would be down to order some from Canada.
I'm a little confused how this would work on a stock width bar though. Won't there be more pinching? Or was the full kerf chain cutting that much of an unnecessarily wide path?
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I calipered the 16" .325 Stihl E bar on my MS261C with the chain pulled to the side (only E bar I own at the moment) and roughly got around .160"
I recall measuring a 20" ES light bar and it was .180"
Should be ok to run this Stihl NK .325 chain on a E bar. The side links don't look as thin as the Oregon 95VPX so matching up to E rails shouldn't be a problem.
I recall measuring a 20" ES light bar and it was .180"
Should be ok to run this Stihl NK .325 chain on a E bar. The side links don't look as thin as the Oregon 95VPX so matching up to E rails shouldn't be a problem.
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OK I'm officially confused. I just calipered 4 bars (4 measurements each and took the median)
1. 16" 063 .325 Stihl E bar (0.178")
2. 18" 063 .325 Stihl E bar (0.188")
3. 20" 063 3/8 Stihl Light bar (0.184")
4. 25" 063 3/8 Stihl Light bar (0.184")
1 is the narrowest. 2 is the widest. 3&4 are tied for the middle. But none are as narrow as Willard mentioned. WTF?
You'll see all my bars are 063. Does this new narrow kerf stuff even come in 063? If not I'd need new bars anyway.
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If a bar is used they'll caliper thicker especially the E laminated bars with normal rail spread and also rail edge peening.
My 16" .050 E bar has only about 4 hours cutting on it and is .164.5" Official.
Bottom pic is a .050 13" .325 Oregon/Husqvarna NK bar at .150".
My 16" .050 E bar has only about 4 hours cutting on it and is .164.5" Official.
Bottom pic is a .050 13" .325 Oregon/Husqvarna NK bar at .150".
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What the....?
I've read in the past that 063 and 050 were the same outer width. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that this is false, but it wasn't discussed in this thread.
1. That the 16" and 18" were different widths
2. That the 18" was wider than the 20" and 25" 3/8 light bars. (I thought the only difference on the light bars was that they were hollowed out.)
3. That 063 is thicker
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Yes in the case of the Oregon NK bar it's designed to match the 95VPX's thin side links.
But myself not having the new Stihl .325NK chain in my hands and only having pictures of it to go by I think the chains sidelinks are thicker then the 95VPX links. So it should have no problem matching up with a .160"+ Stihl E guide bar.
Don't forget that this new Stihl .325NK chain is .050" thick throughout the entire drive link, not .063" in the upper half as Stihl has always done in the past.
Will be interesting to get this chain on my MS261CM.
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From these pictures Lit1023 posted above it looks very aggressive, looks like a high tooth chisel chain with a oversized gullet by design of the depth gauges.
Best .325 chain I've seen so far for a 50cc and under.
Raining today can't do my treework or working on my patio so will take a look at my Stihl/Husky dealer. Will report later.
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Yes exactly, must be some sort of trade off there between Husqvarna and Stihl seeing Husqvarna adapted the Stihl Oil O Matic drive link design onto their C chains.
Confusing pic here of the new 23RS Pro chain chain boxes.
Both are 16" but one has 62DL other 67DL?????
