Comments on: why does the chain on my chainsaw keep getting loose? http://www.chainsawexpress.com/why-does-the-chain-on-my-chainsaw-keep-getting-loose Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:24:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kelowna42 http://www.chainsawexpress.com/why-does-the-chain-on-my-chainsaw-keep-getting-loose/comment-page-1#comment-892 kelowna42 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:55:11 +0000 http://www.chainsawexpress.com/why-does-the-chain-on-my-chainsaw-keep-getting-loose#comment-892 It sounds like you aren't tightening the bar properly. No, you don't need a new chain, and whether it is sharp or not has no bearing on the tension. After you put your chain on, you need to adjust the bar so there is just enough slack to pull the chain off the bar 3 links. Then tighten the bar. That should keep it from geting loose. Make sure the oiler is working also. It sounds like you aren’t tightening the bar properly. No, you don’t need a new chain, and whether it is sharp or not has no bearing on the tension. After you put your chain on, you need to adjust the bar so there is just enough slack to pull the chain off the bar 3 links. Then tighten the bar. That should keep it from geting loose. Make sure the oiler is working also.

]]> By: Norm DePlume http://www.chainsawexpress.com/why-does-the-chain-on-my-chainsaw-keep-getting-loose/comment-page-1#comment-893 Norm DePlume Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:55:11 +0000 http://www.chainsawexpress.com/why-does-the-chain-on-my-chainsaw-keep-getting-loose#comment-893 Either your tension is slipping or more likely, the chain is heating up and expanding a bit. Either your tension is slipping or more likely, the chain is heating up and expanding a bit.

]]> By: Irv S http://www.chainsawexpress.com/why-does-the-chain-on-my-chainsaw-keep-getting-loose/comment-page-1#comment-894 Irv S Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:55:11 +0000 http://www.chainsawexpress.com/why-does-the-chain-on-my-chainsaw-keep-getting-loose#comment-894 Are you sure your not 'riding' the safety brake? If you even touch that bar, you're stressing the chain. Are you sure your not ‘riding’ the safety brake?
If you even touch that bar, you’re stressing the chain.

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