Kenskip1
Super OPE Member
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- 642
- Joined
- Jan 21, 2016
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- 146
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- Location
- Waynesville, Missouri
Well I new it had to happen. And yes it did. My trusty Stihl 025 has had intermittent oiling issues. So I went online and ordered a high volume pump from Amazon. For $8.96 I received the oil pump,the worm gear to drive the pump, a oil line and the impulse line. Anyway with the new pump installed it seemed to take a long time for the oil to reach the bar.Once it got there I had a good supply onto the bar.So now today with intentions to use the saw, I decided to make sure it was oiling. I was 100% wrong. Not a drop. Pulled the bar off and started the saw. Nothing.Pulled the clutch bearing, washer, bla bla, bla.From what I could tell the original stihl worm drive gear was worn to the point that the oil pump teeth were not meshing far enough into the gear to facilitate spinning the pump. So we implemented plan "B" I used the new worm gear however I reused the old metal piece that engages with the clutch.The metal piece that came with the new gear was to long and scraping the casing. Well now all assembled except the B/C. Started the saw. OPEC would be proud of me. Anyway as of now the saw is oiling the way that it should. Ken