Bar sprocket grease?

Maybe I will clean em up, shoot some brake cleaner through them ,then some air and let the oil do the lubing after that

 

WD 40 for me. Give a little spritz in there every time I clean the bar, and then spin the sprocket a few times. Seems to work just fine and I have never noticed any type of a buildup issue after "heating up" a bar.

 

My POS , Husqy, needle tipped, grease pump works fine for me.
I pump grease in from a grease gun & let the grease push the grease gun tip out,
with no air, or air pockets, it seems to work for me.

 

When you come to a fork in the conversation....take it.

 

Or you could take your fork and clean the saw dust out of the greased sprocket. I also have a POS Husky grease gun that works real fine.

 

I bought an oregon gun on clearance at walmart.

Stihl bars are sealed and you dont grease them.

I have asked a few loggers I deal with how often they grease their saw bars, as 95% run husky and husky bars. Most say every so often, or their suppose to everyday. Personally all the time I spend around them I can't say I have ever seen one grease a bar , but if they do it first thing in mourning when they get there I would not see it anyway. I have however seen saws in the back or trucks or in tool boxes with grease at the tip like they were filled before put away, and all have the guns, so they do it at some point??

 

I use the good Oregon grease gun myself. I have always greased.. Because they give a hole to do so. Never thought about not doing it

 

I've had trouble with that little sprocket bearing burning up, even when greased. Went though 3 or 4 of them last year between the 2 saws. They aren't very cheap either, around $15 if I remember correctly.

 

I thought you ran stihl bars Nate...there non greased tips?

 

I get your idea but I certainly dont go to all that trouble.

Cleaning the bar for me means taking the scrunch and running g it down the bar grove to clean it out every so often. I bet the oil would flow a bit better if I blew them out a few times a year with compressor.

 

I actually greased the roller nose on the MS170 the other day after it locked up... This saw was a flood victim and hadn't really run it much until recently - thought at first the chain brake was messed up but after stalling the chain several times found the roller locked up, a little Kroil and it was back in business

 

These are the slick ticket. http://www.baileysonline.com/Chains.../Grease-Grease-Guns/Palm-Sized-Grease-Gun.axd
Drill and tap a grease zerk to the screw on top, off to one side of the pump mechanism. Use your cartridge grease gun to fill the small Dual Co. Never get air locks and real quick to fill.

 

Funny this post just notified me cause I just walked out of TSC and had to buy a grease gun busted a few times ago.

Also bought 2 gallons of the bar oil on sale for $7!!

 

Just grabbed four jugs from Menards at $4.50 a jug in sale.

 

But we dont even have one of those within like 8 hours of here.

If it weren't for the internet and forums and google i wouldnt even know that place existed!

 

That's funny I bought a grease gun when I was there the other day also

 

was that a gallon jug?

 

My other one fell apart..i think out was an oregon I got on sale at walmart years ago...before I had a bar to grease. I use to just have stihl bar.