"TURTLE" wrote in message
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"Michael" wrote in message
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I have a 009 Stihl saw, 12 or 14 inch blade. It cuts find
to about an inch and a half, but then it acts like the chain
is dull or something. Cutting the rest of the way through a
limb takes a lot of doing.

I notice that the bar at the bottom is not in good shape. It's
worn down and spread out a little. So I turned the bar over
to the good side, and that didn't help.

The saw is 20 years old. The bar is probably 10.

Thanks,

Mike

I brought a saw in for a problem of not cutting well with new chain and
engine running good. He took one look and took the chain off the saw and
filed the mushroom chain tracking groove on the bar to be flate. He put
the chain back on it and it cut fine. If the mushroom part of the bar gets
bigger than the chain groove it cuts. The bar will not go through the hole
the chain cuts.

Just something to look at.

TURTLE

All good stuff, guys, thanks. Yeah, I thought the bar was getting bigger
than the chain groove, so I turned the bar over and used the other side.
(Yeah, the chain is in the right direction!) I thought that was the answer
for sure, but it didn't help that much, if at all.

That worries me too, how that you mention it, that the bar might be getting
too hot and not getting enough oil. I'll clean it out to make sure it's
getting
enough, but I can tell you that the bar oil level goes down about right
every time I fill up. But maybe the bar oil is going to the wrong place.

I guess I'll take it to the shop and let the guys there have a look at my
bar.

Thanks again.

Mike