woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
This new old 038 that came into my hands recently, even when tensioned properly, the chain want to spin slowly at a very slow idle. Turning the rpms down to the point where the chain stops will kill the engine. I know that worn out clutch springs can be the cause of that, but the saw appears to have not had much use. I thought it might be a running issue, but I have cleaned the carb and checked it out, and the saw runs sweet. I greased up the clutch bearing too. Maybe running the saw when cutting will straighten things out, it hasn't seen much use lately. I have noticed that more torque oriented engines can have this tendency. Does anyone have an idea about how to solve this? I guess i should check it out with my tach to see what the idling rpms are, but I don't know what the recommended idling speed is. I know that opening up a muffler too much can cause this, but it was doing it before I messed with the muffler.
Thanks for the ideas.
Thanks for the ideas.