If it's the same design of chain, and tooth spacing. Just means that you
have to adjust the bar in or out a bit more.

For example, the 3/8 chain that my old Homelite, I could use 59 or 60 links,
with no worries at all. I think my blue one took 59, the orange saw took 60.
No big deal.

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"DerbyDad03" wrote in message
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I went to the Borg to get a new chain for my 16" chain saw.

The generic brand they sell had 4 - 5 different 16" chains with the
number of teeth ranging from something like 56 to 60.

Each version showed the same list of manufacturers (Echo, Homelite,
Stihl, etc) but each version had a different list of model numbers
under each manufacturer's name.

For example, only the 56 tooth model had my chain saw's model number
on the package but all versions had my brand listed.

So what would happen if I put, let's say, a 60 tooth chain that
matches my brand of chain saw but not my model?

In other words, what's the difference between two 16" chain saws for
the same brand of saw, one that uses a 57 tooth chain and one that
uses a 58 (or 59 or 60) tooth chain?