Finally! For the first time in it's life, my Jonsered CS2255 actually has all compatible parts in it for 3/8 x .050 chain. I installed the Oregon 3/8 x 7 rim sprocket and clutch drum on it and I have a new Oregon 20" bar, also. The original bar would still work I am sure, but with all of the abuse that the rails must have experienced with the old chain's drivers being so buggered up from running 3/8 x .050 chain on a .325 drive sprocket, I decided to start fresh and add a new chain and bar. Only problem is, I just realized I don't have a new chain. But I am not going to take a chance with screwing up my new parts with that old chain.
I clean it up pretty often. Well, at least I sweep the floor and clear the welding table for the next project, fairly often. It gets in pretty bad shape every once in a while. The welding table looks shinny right now, because I recently sprayed down a bunch of old wrenches, etc. that were very rusty with WD-40 and some Lubricant afterwards, and had to clean the table up, before I could start working on the saw.
I bought a Stihl Skip tooth chain and finished putting the saw together, today. It definitely runs smoother then it ever has, now. Nothing like having all of the right parts vs. mismatched parts. I wonder if some idiot put that saw together at Tractor Supply originally, or if Jonsered screwed it up at the factory. Tractor Supply kept a line of Jonsered's on the shelf, at the time I purchased it, but now they don't have hardly anything in the way of saws, just a single Husky or two, and not hardly any parts at all. Anyway, new Oregon bar and all, it runs like a top now.
My three Stihls have been sitting on the garage floor for a couple of years now. Have a pair of Jonsereds and am really enjoying running them. They start easier than my Stihls ever did.
I like those J Reds. Just don't see many around here. They used to be called the other Swedish saw I think.
They're a top quality saw that doesn't get nearly the attention as Stihl does for some strange reason. I ran a Poulan 4000 65cc for years before getting the Jonny and the difference is like night and day. Have two of them now that will last me for the rest of my days.
Yep, I know what you mean. My saw would not even cut over a minute or two at first because the oiler didn't work, and it didn't work because the clutch drum didn't even have the notches in it to drive the oil pump, not mention it was for .325 pitch and the chain and bar were 3/8" pitch. But, not even talking about saws, I have often felt like if there was a lemon in the pile on the shelf, some how I always ended up with it. Is quality control that bad across the board among manufactures? Sometimes it sure seems that way, on anything.
I'm going to say yes to a large extent. People won't pay for quality & repairable, so you get throw away stuff from almost everywhere.
