Post by ken8831200 on Jun 12, 2020 19:13:12 GMT -5
Been away from my two Super 2's for a while with other things going one in life.
But decided as it was one of the cooler days this month so figured it would be a good time to work on getting some what I call garbage trees out of hedge row. No idea what they are but have nasty bark and they don't grow straight for more than a couple inches, some even have almost black berries about the size of a pea, birds seldom eat them so can't be good!
Anyhow back to the story and some chainsaw info. The #2 Super two I bought this spring form a guy on this list had lost the screw out of the adjuster for the chain bar. Yea when I put it in I forgot to disrupt the first few threads and it rattled out the first time I used the saw. So I removed the bar and chain as one piece and this time I put the new screw in and used a small punch to mess up the first few threads. Checked and it binds up if I try backing it out so that much was good.
Did I forget to mention the first Super 2 was bought here in summer of 1975 so I'm not some newbie when it come to Super 2 Homelites even if I only ever used two!
Anywho I got the adjuster ready to go and put the bar and chain back on the saw. Saw was being a pain to start so decided that a full tank of gas might be a good place to start. Filled both tanks and guess what I now starts pretty easy. Think I still need to play with the carb adjustments a bit more but was running good enough for what I wanted to do today, cut the root balls off the trees I had yanked out of the hedge with the Farmall.
With saw running I laid it down on the first tree and gave it full throttle and it just barely scratched the tree. Now I know these garbage trees are real hard but not that hard! Took a quick look at the chain on the saw and thought that's strange why are the sharp edges of the cutters on the top of the bar facing the saw motor?
Back in the garage and removed the bar and chain and flipped it over and bolted it back on, ya know it does help if the sharp side of the cutters are moving towards the saw on the bottom of the bar! So that's what I learned today about chainsaws!
But decided as it was one of the cooler days this month so figured it would be a good time to work on getting some what I call garbage trees out of hedge row. No idea what they are but have nasty bark and they don't grow straight for more than a couple inches, some even have almost black berries about the size of a pea, birds seldom eat them so can't be good!
Anyhow back to the story and some chainsaw info. The #2 Super two I bought this spring form a guy on this list had lost the screw out of the adjuster for the chain bar. Yea when I put it in I forgot to disrupt the first few threads and it rattled out the first time I used the saw. So I removed the bar and chain as one piece and this time I put the new screw in and used a small punch to mess up the first few threads. Checked and it binds up if I try backing it out so that much was good.
Did I forget to mention the first Super 2 was bought here in summer of 1975 so I'm not some newbie when it come to Super 2 Homelites even if I only ever used two!
Anywho I got the adjuster ready to go and put the bar and chain back on the saw. Saw was being a pain to start so decided that a full tank of gas might be a good place to start. Filled both tanks and guess what I now starts pretty easy. Think I still need to play with the carb adjustments a bit more but was running good enough for what I wanted to do today, cut the root balls off the trees I had yanked out of the hedge with the Farmall.
With saw running I laid it down on the first tree and gave it full throttle and it just barely scratched the tree. Now I know these garbage trees are real hard but not that hard! Took a quick look at the chain on the saw and thought that's strange why are the sharp edges of the cutters on the top of the bar facing the saw motor?
Back in the garage and removed the bar and chain and flipped it over and bolted it back on, ya know it does help if the sharp side of the cutters are moving towards the saw on the bottom of the bar! So that's what I learned today about chainsaws!
