Electric Chainsaw Chain Keeps Coming Off

To inspect your bar remove the chain cover chain and bar.

Electric chainsaw chain keeps coming off.

Chainsaw chains stretch and become loose during operation. I have flipped the bar like the manual says but the chain continues to come off after 3 4 logs. It s extremely dangerous to work with a badly loose chain. Could be many things but the most likely is that your chain tension is too slack.

How to tighten a chainsaw chain. What causes a chain saw blade to jump out of the bar. See bolts in the photo below. While you can quickly snap back the chain into alignment with the cutting chain the fact that it keeps coming off presents a trickier situation especially to a novice who does not know much about this powerful machine.

The bar has a groove around its outer edge and the chain has teeth that run slightly inside of the bar rails to keep the chain moving straight. A damaged bar or chain may cause the chain to come loose from the bar and can be very dangerous when operating the machine. If you are a homesteader a commercial woodworker or forest service personnel who uses chainsaws most of the time this post is for you. A damaged bar or chain may cause the chain to come loose from the bar and can be very dangerous when operating the machine.

The bar has a groove around its outer edge and the chain has teeth that run slightly inside of the bar rails to keep the chain moving straight. If the bolts are too loose then the position of the chainsaw bar can shift and that will change the tension of your chain. If the chain comes off but remains in the drive sprocket the end of the chain can whip around and damage. If a chainsaw chain is allowed to become too loose it can easily come off the bar during operation and create an unsafe situation for the user.

When tackling a big wood cutting job little is more irritating than having the blades or teeth on your chain saw continually jumping off. To inspect your bar remove the chain cover chain and bar. The chain keeps coming off my mcculloch electric chainsaw model mcc3516f. The bar is not bent.