Gunk in bars

Is it normal to get a fair amount of junk out of a bars grooves between filling the tank? I`ve started flipping the bar between fillings and noticed a lot of junk needing to be removed.

Thanks

 

`nough said. I`ve been cutting standing dead locust.

 

Some of it is determined by how sharp your chain is. Sharp chains pull chips, dull ones create dust which can pack the bar grove.

 

does chain tension have anything to do with it?

 

I seem to have gunk in there every time I
clean the saw. I put a piece of stiff wire in the toolbox the right size to
clean it out.
I clean & turn the bar after every cord or 2.

Maybe it should be left in there, it's soaked well with oil ?

 

Wet or dry, sharp chain or not.. you will get plenty of crud that will build up in the bar groove. I dont have a routine, but clean it out when I have the chain off. Stihl makes a depth gauge (non progressive), with a nice little bit on the end for getting down in the bar channel.

 

It happens. Just clean it with a jig saw bale when I think about it.

 

I clean my saws after I cut - I run compressed air down the groove (away from the sprocket) and most of the build up gets blown out - also run air through the oil hole in the bar - they get build up pretty quick. Every once in a while I'll take a piece of broken piston ring and run down the groove, but normally not much there - the air does a pretty good job. Cheers!

 

A dime is just about perfect for stihl .325 .063 gauge bars to clean em out fwiw

 

A quarter is used for one.

 

Here you go courtesy of Baileys.


Quarter = .063 gauge
Penny = .058 gauge
Dime = .050 gauge

 

Sounds good. Just checked and although the quarter fits in .063, the penny slides through better

 

The change was actually to check what gauge without measuring tools.

 

Gotcha, ya one day last year i grabbed a dime to clean the grooves just to try and it worked pretty good. Penny works great too for .063

 

I get build up in mine, just scrape it out with a pocket knife every so often