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Can you get it together if you put the chain on without the bar mounted? With the chain on the rim, lean the bar against the studs, and put the chain on. Pickup the whole mess, and mount it to the studs. Success?

1.6002mm

Echo has weird drivelink counts, but normal counts can be force fit.

I think Stihl only makes .325 .063 gauge. Strange having heavy drivers on light chain. My guess is it was done for historical reasons, and wasn't changed cause it isn't widely used chain.

The description is strikingly similar to WoodlandPro, Bailey's house brand, which I use. I haven't used them on my big saws, but they're my preferred bar on my little saws. They may come from the same factory. I don't think I have any sleeves left, but I believe they're made in Taiwan.

If you want Stihl's insano bar oil prices in an all natural product, grapeseed oil would probably work well too :^P

Canola(rapeseed) probably. It has an industrial history in it's unpurified form. The low acid variant is what's sold as food, Dunno if it's just a convenient backronym, but I was told that canola is CanadaOilLowAcid. Makes sense. That's where most(all?) of it came from, at least back in the day.

Performance of canola seems ok in the heat? I run it in the winter, but due to people saying it can polymerize, and the lack of tackifiers, I run regular bar oil in the summer. If y'all think it's good any time, I might switch to it 100%.

You can put a 3/8 sprocket on them. I did that with my 026, and promptly found a problem with it. I need to tear into it, and see if I can find the problem. Hoping it's the clutch. I should have thought about that in the first place, but not sure if I did. I got disgusted with the whole thing...

The worst problem I've had with canola so far is chains I pack away for an extended time get tacky, and don't flex as readily. Might take a couple tries to get it properly tensioned, but after a few seconds in wood, they work as good as anything.

Is that 3/8 or .325 Sean? I might balk a little running 3/8 at that length, but I think it's officially supported for .325. If it works for you, it works though.

About the same as the laminated bars in my estimation, but I didn't weigh them to compare.

I think light bars are more noticeable on the longer lengths, and it improves balance. If I were frequently using my 36" bar on the 661 for falling I'd certainly get a light bar. It's very nose heavy at that length, and makes it feel heavier than it is. Since I'm mostly using it for milling, it...

Hard to go wrong with Stihl.