No i dont think so. I popped the chain brake lever back into postion. Cracked plastic handle. I started it and it ran but raced. Thinking something inside the handle was bent to cause this. The saw looks normal with nothing bent.
The ironic thing is now I like cottonwood. Not in quantity, but it diluted my bundle inventory to help keep me in enough dry wood and meet demand. New customer bought a couple quarter cord loads of it recently for their fire pit. His GF was ecstatic as it actually burned. Nothing wrong with being a snob. Nice thing about being three years ahead. You can pick and choose. There's a lot of scrounges I don't take.
Does the throttle trigger feel normal? Maybe the cable has been pinched, keeping it from returning to idle.
From what I could tell it seemed normal, maybe a little stiffer. If I try to fix it it will no longer run.
