Chain Adjust Marks.

[Notty]

I bought one of those internal caliper thingys on ebay the other day thanks to Mr Fruit..
it reckons I am out a tad..
Simple but effective method I reckon..
Oh I also bought a litre of chain saw oil to try out..

Will keep an eye out for the next horror film then - the Blackpool pier great chainsaw massacre! 

[Andre]

Oh I also bought a litre of chain saw oil to try out..

@Speedy1959  Will be interesting to see how it compares to the thick Castrol gear oil you used.

[ARH]

Yep... I'm also intrigued by potentially using chain saw oil... almost at the end of my last can of wurth dry lube!

[Speedy1959]

I "only" bought 1 litre of it.
its not at all expensive compared to bike chain lube..

[KiwiCol]

My take on chain lube is this; 
What are you actually trying to lubricate? It's not the links as they are (or should be) sealed with the wee 'x' or 'o' rings. So what are we lubricating then? It's not the surface of the sprockets & centre of the link, they only require very minimal lube as they're designed to run together, what's left? only the 'x' or 'o' rings.  So, if it's these that need the lube, I'd say you want a reasonably thick lube, but not too thick as it'll gum up, not too thin as it'll run / fling off.
I'd say, the 80/90 weight oil should be ideal for what we need, chain bar oil is way thinner, pour 1 of each & see what I mean. I'd say the chain bar oil will work ok, but just need to be done more often because it's thinner.

It's good to try different things, else we wouldn't have got to 80/90 gear oil, we'd still be using those super sticky spray cans.  For me, I'm staying with the gear oil - (for now  )

[Hooli]

Well I'm pretty sure the owners manual says gear oil, but it's been years since I read it.

[Speedy1959]

I will mix my Castrol 140W gear oil with the chain oil and make my own secret brew..
Hoo ha ha ha haaaa

[Andre]

Looked at a couple chain saw oils. They have viscosity of 70-110 and 1/2 the price of gear oil.

The 80W gear oil I have been using has been great (except for the smell) but I try chain saw oil.