I put a new 24" Tusmura lightweight bar on my 362. This is the first bar I have bought that actually has the hole to grease the sprocket in it. My question is how often do you grease the sprocket? And second: what grease gun do you use and recommend.? I hate to buy a cheap made one, just to have to replace it. And I don't want to wear my sprocket out prematurely by not greasing it enough.
Well, I happened to search and found an old thread about greasing the bar sprockets. It looks like there is a lot of controversy over it. Some grease every tank full and some never grease.
I grease the nose sprocket on all my saws whenever I sharpen. I realize the bar/chain oil lubes the sprocket bearings, but greasing it will certainly not harm anything. I use an Oregon brand greaser. Sent from my SM-G930VL using Tapatalk
I figure that the bar oil should provide plenty of lube as long as I keep the grooves cleaned out. When my chain gets dull, I remove it, run a putty knife thru the grooves to clean out the debris, make sure the sprocket spins freely then put on a different chain. As I cut a lot of dirty wood this happens every couple of tanks. When I clean up my saws at the shed I clean out bars again & use a bit of air tool oil. I just lay the bar flat, put a few drops of air tool oil on it just spin the sprocket with my finger.
I do mine every time it is off the saw . But, some have never greased their bearing at all ,and had good service from their bars . But, I’m going to stay in the grease is cheap camp .
Thanks, I knew a lot of bars had the hole for greasing but my Stihl bars don't, but with the new bar purchase, I noticed the hole, and wanted to get the most life out of it. It's amazing how just that little bit of weight reduction on the bar, alters the balance and handling of the saw. I think I am going to like it, if it gives good service life.
The Tsumura's are good bars, been using them for yrs. This is a rebranded one under the Total Super Bar label. Sent from my SM-G930VL using Tapatalk
I've read quite a bit about this, as well, and found that a ton of users never grease the sprocket. For years, decades. As for grease tool, I saw a tip to use a plastic syringe with a pointy plastic tip and I happened to have one and it works.
I have owned/used saws since 1985 and have never greased a bar sprocket. Have I had older bars fail? Yes. I can remember at least twice having bar sprockets seize, seems one was just gunked really bad with pine pitch, and the other one was just toasted, probably from not getting greased.
I grease when new and unused. The grease holes get dirt and crap in them and if you dont get everything our before you grease again you can run into issues as new grease pushes the gunk into the bearings. I learned the hard way on a sugi bar. I thought it was all cleaned out I was wrong.
Never on roller tip. Last 2 years went old school and have been running a hard nosed bar with semi chisel on the 395XP as I bore cut almost every cut due to the dirt of cable skidded logs.
I grease all mine on a regular basis, especially when milling. They put that little hole there and tell you to do it for a reason.
Many years ago i asked my OPE dealer about it and he said enough bar oil gets in there so i have never greased. Good idea to check for free spinning and clean which i dont do often enough. Not a bad idea though if there is a hole.
Also, how often do you grease the clutch drum bearing? If the end of your crank has a hole, that is a spot for grease.
