Need advice on a goobered chain saw chain

Tom in TN

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I have two Husqvarna chain saws. I'm not a heavy user, but I use them a fair bit clearing fence lines and cleaning up storm fallen trees.

I managed to catch a chain in some small branches recently and pull the chain off the bar. The clutch apparently created some little protrusions on the bottom of some of the links of the chain so that the chain won't go down into the channel on the bar.

Is there any easy solution to fix this or should I just go buy another spare chain to replace this one?

Thanks,

Tom in TN
 
Did that once on one of my McCullock saws. If is a TINY little burr use a Dremmel tool or a good little file and clean them up. If you really messed them up then touse it. How brave are you? Jeffcat
 
I've done it on Stihl chain, not sure what in heck causes the burr like it does, when they toss, which has not happened in a long time now, but it was not that many links affected. I just used the bar as a guide to find the tight spots, (removed the bar obviously) observed and used a flat file to de-burr the drive portion of the link. The burrs were only on the sides. Was a relatively easy task, and the chain was fine after.

I check sprocket wear, its definitely a good idea to change those when its needed, I find its hard to keep the correct tension on the chain once they are worn, and a loose one will toss off in saplings or brush. I don't believe the burrs played any role in the wear though, I use bar oil, set on max oil, clean the bar groove and the port on the power head etc. For the price of a chain, some would just discard it, but I never gave it a second thought to repair one like that.

I think the worst thing I ever did when that happened was dropping the bar nose first into the dirt, and got that front nose sprocket full of grit, that was a time consuming task clean, soak in gas, shake, use compressed air, repeat, repeat, spin by hand, spin with compressed air, fixing the chain was easy. I believe the bar tip sprockets are removable, but I did not have the tooling or know how.
 
Yes you can file off the burrs if you want. Check the sprocket or rim for damage too. Run your chain a little tighter next time.
 
I've done it a few times. The burrs are easy to file off, if you have bent a link then I would throw away the chain but if it is just burrs I would not worry, just do as Billy NY said.
Zach
 
Yah file off the burrs. The chain piles up by the sprocket when it comes off and burrs itself. File them off and run it or send it to me, I'll take it off your hands.
 

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