I have a screw loose! Uh oh!

[quads]

No big deal, I have spares! HA!

 

[LLigetfa]

I never cared for dogs on a saw. IMHO they just steal some of the bar length.

 

[nate379]

I wouldn't use a saw without. Saves the back and arms a bit.

 

[CTYank]

So, quads, you gonna go for a Stihl screw, or one suitable for the rest of the world for 1/10 the price?

 

[MasterMech]

I never cared for dogs on a saw. IMHO they just steal some of the bar length.

For bucking I could see going without 'em but for felling they are indispensable IMO.

 

[quads]

I never cared for dogs on a saw. IMHO they just steal some of the bar length.

Honestly, I don't use them very often, which is probably why I never noticed that missing bolt before. It may have even been missing when I bought it new less than a year ago. I run an 18 inch bar and with most of the trees I cut I always have plenty of bar leftover. Nothing much larger than 14-16 inches left in our woods. I do like a longer bar for bucking though because I don't have to bend over so far, easier on my back! I would run 20 inch on it if I could find them in stock at the dealers to fit it instead of always having to special order.

 

[quads]

So, quads, you gonna go for a Stihl screw, or one suitable for the rest of the world for 1/10 the price?

Being an old farmer and an ex-auto parts salesman, out of habit I always keep an assortment of nuts, bolts, and other things of that nature on hand. So I had some to fit it, and I doubt if they were genuine Stihl parts! HAHA! Might have even been a bolt that I salvaged from something else for the best price of all.......FREE! HA!

 

[Danno77]

NOS Stihl one costs 34.95 + 7% tax + 12.24s/h (for a total of 49.64) and you can do it yourself to save a buck, because if you go to the dealership it costs 34.95 +7% tax + 30 to diagnose + 90 for labor (for a total 157.40), but they'll offer to toss it into their trash box for free (nice guys) and give you a goood deal on a new saw.

 

[smokinj]

Those are not dawgs lol Thats bumb strip, best to have them.......................

 

[Mmaul]

Same thing happened to me about 2 weeks ago, its a common metric thread, cost like $.90 cents from the hardware store or like $3.00 from stihl. I went with the hardware store. I just never noticed it getting loose.

 

[gpcollen1]

I went back to my dealer for a screw on a newer saw and they gave it to me for free. If that saw is new, like less than a year or two, that screw should not have come out...

 

[quads]

Yes, it was just the nut and screw that fell out, probably 50 cents. The saw is only 10 months old and by looking at all the gunk in the hole, I think it has been gone for most, if not all, of those 10 months.

 

[ironpony]

No disrespect sir, but
that screw is missing not loose

 

[smokinj]

Same thing happened to me about 2 weeks ago, its a common metric thread, cost like $.90 cents from the hardware store or like $3.00 from stihl. I went with the hardware store. I just never noticed it getting loose.

Juat make sure you get the right size...lol

 

[quads]

No disrespect sir, but
that screw is missing not loose

Yup! It's so loose that it's completely gone! HA!

 

[quads]

Same thing happened to me about 2 weeks ago, its a common metric thread, cost like $.90 cents from the hardware store or like $3.00 from stihl. I went with the hardware store. I just never noticed it getting loose.

Juat make sure you get the right size...lol

In this instance it has a nut on one side, no threads in the case.

 

[smokinj]

Same thing happened to me about 2 weeks ago, its a common metric thread, cost like $.90 cents from the hardware store or like $3.00 from stihl. I went with the hardware store. I just never noticed it getting loose.

Juat make sure you get the right size...lol

In this instance it has a nut on one side, no threads in the case.

Oh MMAUL Bought bar nuts for the 880 just kept coming up a little small for the saw. The hardware store sore thay would hit....lol

 

[quads]

Oh MMAUL Bought bar nuts for the 880 just kept coming up a little small for the saw. The hardware store sore thay would hit....lol

HA!

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Worry not quads. We all get a screw loose from time to time.

 

[LLigetfa]

Worry not quads. We all get a screw loose from time to time.

LOL

See my sig.

 

[quads]

Worry not quads. We all get a screw loose from time to time.

HA! Me more so than not!

 

[quads]

Worry not quads. We all get a screw loose from time to time.

LOL

See my sig.

HAHA!