Bar oiling issue

I got a total bar a while back and finally put it on the husky 562 but it doesn't seem to be oiling at all. The saw oils very heavy but not in this case. I haven't had a chance to tear into things but am looking for a point to start the search when I can sit down at the bench. I will rule out the oiler first but beyond that I'm not sure where to start after that.

 

They send the right bar with the oil port in the right place ?
If it works with the old bar, I'd suspect something with the new bar.

 

Yeah, if the saw itself is working normally then this should be really easy to pin down. Either the hole in the bar doesn't line up with the slot on the saw, the passage from the hole to the bar slot wasn't machined properly, or something is plugging it up.

 

I agree with others. Something must be wrong with the oiler hole alignment on the bar

 

Dab some grease on the rubber boot that contacts the bar, then put the bar on the saw @ about the position it sits mounted. It should leave you a witness mark to make sure your hole is @ the right spot. I enlarged and angled the hole on a Sugi I bought because it I thought it was rather small. It helped a little.

 

Nothing much to really add here besides the fact that sometimes the shmoo (cosmoline) they pack the bars in clogs the holes. But I'm sure you check that already.

 

^Stealing that! My buddies into mil surplus firearms will love that! Thanks Brad

 

I think it's pretty sh*tty when your only brother in law gives you a faulty piece of equipment like 2 years ago and when you finally get around to putting it on a saw it is screwed up. I'm gonna have to talk to my sister. I think some form of papers are in order.

 

Not a complete update but here is the progress. The total bar was a brand new bar and never run. I put it on my saw before this thread and the bar tip changed colors (heat) almost instantly. So I shut off the saw and put it back in the case until I had time to check it out and made this thread. So this weekend I was at camp and pulled the total bar off to put my old husky bar on (left it at camp so I couldn't check anything at home prior to this weekend). The total bar did have oil in the groove and the the saw is oiling (ran without a bar to see).

I am guessing that the bar just didn't have the oil make it to the tip before it turned colors and I just stopped a couple seconds too early. I brought the saw back home with both bars so as I get time again I will check it out. In the mean time, it is wearing the old husky bar with barely any paint left and a couple of burn marks already, I just didn't want to make the pretty stainless bar to get any worse until I figure it out.

 

Open the oil holes up, like 1/8" drill. The total bars have very small oil holes.

Lay the factory/known good bar over the total on the bench, the factory bar oil holes are noticeably larger.

 

You won't be able to see through the bar holes don't go all the way through. Find a bit that just barely fits the factory hole and then drill the total to that size

 

Am I correct in guessing that we need to check these holes during regular intervals to make sure they are not clogged with sawdust? I have never done this on my saw.

 

Yes. You need to clean the crap out of the grooves and clean the crap out of the oiling holes each day you use the saw. In really crappy conditions, I've had to clean the bar out as often as once per tank.

 

This is a bit extreme but yes you do need to clean them out. Some also say you have to clean your hole saw and disassemble it after every use but only a small subset of folks do that as well.

 

If you don't clear the plug out of a hole saw it sure won't cut much.