Tollster
Veteran Member
I typically break the bar down, brush out the oil and grime from the chain sprocket, clean the chain grove on the bar, check the oil passages and clean as needed, then brush out the brake cover and use a little diesel to get the balance of the grime out with a parts brush.
Then I wipe down the outer covers with silicone removing any tacky sap, pop off the air filter cover, and remove air filter, block off intake passage with a clean shop weight paper towel, then use my shop vac in combination ( Foreign Material exclusion we call it at work) with a dry bristled parts brush, holding over the cylinder fins, carburetor hoses, electrical connections, Brush out any remaining grime that could cause hot spots around the cooling fins, or potentially build up in linkage areas, hold the shop vac very close to the area I'm brushing.
Then clean out the cover, wipe it and take to the laundry sink along with the air filter. Use Luke warm water and flush the air filter from the inside out, then with a clean tooth brush and liquid hand soap, lightly scrub the reed valve filter material from the out side, letting the soap and bubbles do it magic, rinsing from the inside out again.
Then wipe dirt the cover and lightly pat dry the filter elements before giving the intake and filter a final visual inspection. Use some silicone on all rubber parts visible, plug lead, vacuum hoses, rubber flanges, around compression release, on off switch, and primer bulb, and apply a light spray to pivot points, throttle linkage, grease the tip and clutch pack before reassembly.
Then I touch up the chain and its ready when I need it most!
Yes, there is still snow on the ground!
Then I wipe down the outer covers with silicone removing any tacky sap, pop off the air filter cover, and remove air filter, block off intake passage with a clean shop weight paper towel, then use my shop vac in combination ( Foreign Material exclusion we call it at work) with a dry bristled parts brush, holding over the cylinder fins, carburetor hoses, electrical connections, Brush out any remaining grime that could cause hot spots around the cooling fins, or potentially build up in linkage areas, hold the shop vac very close to the area I'm brushing.
Then clean out the cover, wipe it and take to the laundry sink along with the air filter. Use Luke warm water and flush the air filter from the inside out, then with a clean tooth brush and liquid hand soap, lightly scrub the reed valve filter material from the out side, letting the soap and bubbles do it magic, rinsing from the inside out again.
Then wipe dirt the cover and lightly pat dry the filter elements before giving the intake and filter a final visual inspection. Use some silicone on all rubber parts visible, plug lead, vacuum hoses, rubber flanges, around compression release, on off switch, and primer bulb, and apply a light spray to pivot points, throttle linkage, grease the tip and clutch pack before reassembly.
Then I touch up the chain and its ready when I need it most!
Yes, there is still snow on the ground!
