How To Adjust / Tune a Chainsaw Carburetor | Husqvarna Stihl BEST Way

This 65 year old grandpa took your advise. I purchased the tool through your affiliate link. I grew up in a bucket truck. At 17 I was taking down Elm trees over mobile homes that died from the dutch elm disease. We used the old blue steel case Homelites. You could drop them from 50 feet and you may just bend a bar. I also walked in 2 feet of snow to the bus stop! lol.

Would like to add to this a bit. You probably don't want idle high enough that the chain is moving. This means that the clutch is partially engaged and dragging. This will cause clutch pad wear. As for high settings, you do want to back off if the highest rev as you said. It is not about rpm though, it's about fuel mix. When the engine is revving the highest, the mix is too lean. When it runs lean, it runs hot. And when there is less fuel, there is less 2 stroke oil. Better to run a little more rich as you said by backing out a little. Thanks for the video. Great visual aid!

60 year old guy got it running like a champ! First time ever doing this. Tim me only 10 minutes after watching the video. You rock

Just stripped down my husqvarna 240e! Tried your tip worked a treat chainsaw runs as sweet as a nut😊it used to always cut out 😢 thanks for this excellent tip!

great video ..that tool is a must .. Like you I attempted to make one from some tube . Forget it Buy the tool. I must confess, I removed the carb and used a hacksaw to make a screwdriver slot in both adjusters . cutting through the aluminium guide surround . It worked perfectly . just a small point ,, the motor should be warmed up to set the carb correctly .. Great video and at 76 years old it is refreshing to see youngsters with a brain .congratulations on a great video .I have loads of knowledge but am not computer savvy .. so uploading videos is a tad impossible for me . if you err on the slightly rich side the motor will pick up cleanly and run cooler . how about a nice video for the masses ,on how to adjust the chain tension after sharpening .Also how tight do the blade bar nuts need to be in lb ft / newtons . snug,-snug plus -grunt or , double grunt tight .

Ha! This Old Guy watched this on my iPhone 8. Great video. My 455 Rancher stalls out at idle speed. I thought for sure I would be taking the orange engine cover off to get into a can of worms. I bought the tool at local auto parts store. Great tip! Old Guys Rock!!!!

Thanks for the clear video. I like the fact you even acknowledge that many videos don't slowly show you what they are doing! Thanks for the content 😀

Completely understand after watching just once. Thank you

Thanks man. Just what I needed. My saw wouldn't start when the muffler was attached but it ran fine when the muffler was not installed. Couldn't figure it out adjusting the carb to the trick

This video helped me out a ton. Fought my chainsaw all morning, used this trick and bam had it tuned in 5 min

Fantastic video. Purchased a 141 for $25 from a guy at a yard sale. Replaced the carb and did a tune up in my garage. Had a hard time keeping the chainsaw running after it got hot so I took it to a local Husqvarna dealer thinking they would adjust the carburetor and get it back to me at minimal cost. After keeping it for three weeks they called an said I had water in my fuel and needed a new carb. I replied with "I'll be right there to pick up my chainsaw:. I was taught a $25, the diagnostic cost, lesson. I brought it home watched your video and had it running like a champ in five minutes. Thanks for the video wish i would have watched it sooner. Live and learn.

Excellent...exactly what I needed to see. Clear video and CLEAR audio...good job.

I'm not a grandpa but don't be knocking them old head; you can learn a thing or two from them young buck like mentioning the GIANT idle screw on top of carburator. I do appreciate fact you replaced carburator and had one to demonstrate what to do, very nice touch.

I needed the base line adjustments and you had them. Thanks! Excellent job!

Thanks for clearly explaining the Hi/Lo carb adjustment. My Husky keeps staling and I'm running out of swear words, the special wrench is in the mail from Amazon. I miss the good old days of small regular screwdriver adjusting! You explained the idle and high speed adjusting very well, Thanks

Thanks for pointing out the carb adjustment tool and the too lean setting. I loaned out one of my saws and it got cooked after the person who borrowed it set it too lean. An expensive lesson for me. Keep up the good work.

Thank you so so very much for this video!! I had been looking everywhere for a video to adjust the carburetor for a Husqvarna 125B blower. I found a lot of videos on rebuilding the carburetor as well as a little mention about the adjustment, but nobody went straight to the point and showed what you did. Your video had my blower running again in less than two minutes. Thanks again!

I just got my adjustment tool, watched your video, and now my Husqvarna 235 is running great after 10 years of thinking it was a POS! Great video.

Well done. I haven't worked on a saw in a while. Half blind as well....thanks for pointing out where idle adjustment screws were.

I’ve tuned lots of saws over the years but this 435 I got at auction was giving me fits, turns out that these little saws, this particular one anyways needed way different baseline settings. Hi and low jet are usually the 1-1.25 turns which is right for mid size to larger saws but these small saw are different apparently, I had to turn my low jet out 2+ turns. I always pay attention to where the previous owner had it set at when I seat them and this one was at 2.5 turns and I thought wow this guy was running his low jet really fat but then ended up not far from it in the end 🤔.Setting the idle was the biggest setback because I'm use to being able to see the carburetor/throttle engagement on the same side of the tuning screws/jets... This saw has the engagement on the right side of the carburetor (the part where you can watch the idle screw come into contact with the butterfly lever), back your idle screw all the way off the throttle and then screw it back in until it just barely touches and starts to move the lever, then go a 1/8-1/4 turn more.