stihl 028 super .325 or 3/8

[Milkman31]

This one I fixed up and gave to a good friend 028 supper 20in bar .325 chain. I have a week spot for a good 028!

 

[Mark71gtx]

An 028 is a fine saw. Reliable as can be and sell rather well. I have a harder time moving the ones without a brake though. Guys will often turn down a refurbished non-brake 028 for a questionable 028 with a brake. I normally get a call a few weeks later with them saying it starts and runs great, but the chain won't spin when they hit the throttle. I then have to explain how the chain brake they had to have operates...

 

[Wood Doctor]

An 028 is a fine saw. Reliable as can be and sell rather well. I have a harder time moving the ones without a brake though. Guys will often turn down a refurbished non-brake 028 for a questionable 028 with a brake. I normally get a call a few weeks later with them saying it starts and runs great, but the chain won't spin when they hit the throttle. I then have to explain how the chain brake they had to have operates...

Interesting about the brake/non-brake preference. I have watched only one saw that I ever sold get stolen -- a non-brake 028. The owner who bought it left his outbuilding unlocked one night and it was gone the next day. Maybe the thief thought the saw was a classic. I had it running perfectly. It was never found. I maintain that saws like the 026, 028, 034, 038, 046, etc., are the most stolen pieces of equipment there is. Many people who own them do not realize how nice these saws are until they try to buy a replacement.

 

[Mark71gtx]

It is mind boggling. I usually ask them if they even know what it is for. They rarely do.

 

[n240sxguy]

It is mind boggling. I usually ask them if they even know what it is for. They rarely do.

They don't know what the brake is for? Omg! Wtf! Most people should not touch a saw much less run one!


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[Mark71gtx]

They know it is a safety feature, but they don't know how it works, what it does, or how it is triggered.

 

[Wood Doctor]

"Most people should not touch a saw much less run one!"
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Are you kidding me? I have never cut myself with a running chain saw. Regardless, this is off the topic. Consider posting that belief on another thread for further discussion.

 

[n240sxguy]

"Most people should not touch a saw much less run one!"
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Are you kidding me? I have never cut myself with a running chain saw. Regardless, this is off the topic. Consider posting that belief on another thread for further discussion.

Really? I'm saying a lot of people are too dumb to run a saw apparently if they don't know what a chain brake does. It's a sad thing, but too many people today are just too dumb or uninformed to mess with one apparently.


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[n240sxguy]

I've got a 028 headed my way off a raffle for tree monkey's friend. That's why I found this thread. I was looking for info about my new saw. I don't know or care if it has a chain brake because I know how a saw works. I would prefer a brake, but my previous comment was referring to the comment about people calling the shop because the chain wouldn't turn after they bought the 028 with the brake specifically because they thought it was safer. They had no idea how it worked, so they probably didn't know enough about running a saw to be safe either way. That's where my comment was coming from. Carry on with the 028 talk. I'm learning new stuff with nearly every post. No need for me to post a new thread on whatever the topic was supposed to be.


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[redoakneck]

Awesome saws, for sure. Fun to fix.

Great design!!!

 

[redoakneck]

Carb kit only had the blue plastic mylar looking gasket do Hickey that was the right shape and cut out, is there a better kit with the older black style??

 

[jake wells]

i prefer the blue plastic diaphragm over the rubber.

 

[Nitehawk55]

This is an early mag tank and points ignition 028 with little use....
Handle but no brake in this one .

 

[n240sxguy]

Purdy


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[Mark71gtx]

If your 028 has points, the design was incredibly bad. Instead of an eccentric on the crankshaft, the eccentric is on the flywheel. It makes it really tough to set the gap. I normally put an 029 coil on it an make it electronic ignition...

 

[drf256]

This ones ported. Can't get it to hold high tune. I kinda lost interest, bet it's the flap in the air filter. Pretty saws.

 

[Mark71gtx]

Very nice looking saw. I bet the choke flap has retired more of those saws than anything else.

 

[Nitehawk55]

If your 028 has points, the design was incredibly bad. Instead of an eccentric on the crankshaft, the eccentric is on the flywheel. It makes it really tough to set the gap. I normally put an 029 coil on it an make it electronic ignition...

Runs great the way it is but good idea to it . Do you have to change the flywheel as well ?
Saw runs great the way it is .

 

[Duane(Pa)]

I found this vid on youtube. Not my saw, but his thing is getting down to bidness'

I have one that @Wagnerwerks did a BGD on. Also muffler modded with a good sized hole in the front cover of the gutted muffler. I

 

[Mark71gtx]

Runs great the way it is but good idea to it . Do you have to change the flywheel as well ?
Saw runs great the way it is .

I don't recall.