rim sprocket question?

[teddy]

we have only had 7 days above 80 here!!!!!!
it's been one of the coolest summers I remember!
I hope we have a normal winter(so I can move the firewood!!!)
Plus the garden is way behind! The nights have been to cold...

[bandmiller2]

Wile the rim subject is on top.Finally got to use my 394 husky I just rebuilt 24" bar full complement chain and an 8 hole sprocket,think I'll go back to 7 tends to want to bog down in large hard maple.Mayby just not broke in yet runs fine carb set with tach,what do you guys think.I though it would have the torque to pull it with 8??Frank C.

[Rocky_J]

bandmiller, I recently downloaded the IPL for my saws (I found them at http://www.jonsered.ws/HIPL.htm) and it shows the 395 with a 7 pin sprocket, no mention of an 8 pin. Although my 395 does pull an 8 pin with a 32" bar quite well. I'm sure you will pick up some power with break in.

[bandmiller2]

Thanks Rocky,changed back to a 7 pin  and alls well with the world,big differance,cuts like it should.My own opinion but I think too much chain speed tends to dull a chain quicker,more apt to take small chips.When i started alot of the saws were the old gear reduction type,slow, large chain,that seemed to stay sharp longer,of course we didn't cut as much per hour.Probibly a large saw with a short bar for firewood could benifit from an 8 pin sprocket but thats kinda like a pickup bed on a Peterbuilt.Frank C.