Wen Electric Chainsaw?
Ronny TX
search on info about Wen Electric chainsaws. The one I have is Model
5016,16inch,12 amps and 5200 maximum RPM. What I would like to find is
an online parts & repair manual for this chainsaw that I could print off
or a parts & repair manual that I could mail order. I did find the Wen
products page,did a chainsaw word search there and they said they didn't
have any. http://www.wenproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=PRODSEARCH
So I'm curious to find out if and when this company stopped selling
electric chainsaws?
The one I have was given to me by a neighbor several years ago. I've not
used it much;but have cut up some stuff with it around the yard. And one
year we had a very large section off of an elm tree that was blown down
in our yard. I put off cutting that up for a good while,thinking the
chainsaw I had wasn't up to the job;but then I finally tried it out and
was surprised at how well it cut up even fairly large limbs.
I need to get a new chain for it;but can find that in town,I think? As
it does say on the saw to get a Oregon 91G58X for this model 5016 Wen
electric chainsaw.
The main problem I have is I don't think the bar oiler is putting out
enough oil;but then it may be and I just don't know how to judge that?
(ha) As far as I can see it only has a manual push button oiler on the
handle and I can't see any automatic oiler part about it.
Yesterday evening I took off the chain and bar so I could see where the
oil comes out. Shot some WD40 into that hole in hopes of unstopping a
partial clog. But still not much oil came out when I pumped the manual
oil button several times. And I may of messed things up before by
putting 30 weight oil in the oiler instead of regular chainsaw bar oil?
So will get some regular bar oil,empty the other out and try that. Just
hope I can get that working right,as that Wen electric chainsaw did do a
very nice job of cutting for me on several occasions. :-)
ma...@myisp.com
wrote:
I used to have a Wen electric chain saw and I liked it too. I do
recall having problems with the oiler too. I suggest you just take
the whole oiler apart and clean it with kerosene or another solvent
that wont harm the parts. Any chain that fits the bar can be used.
My saw finally burned out. The motor went up in smoke. Never
overload them. I prefer electric saws over the gas ones. No fuss
mixing fuel, then trying to get the damn things started. But they do
not have as much power, and you are limited to being near an outlet.
Mark
Ronny TX
Group: misc.rural Date: Fri, Nov 10,
2006, 6:23pm From: ma...@myisp.com
bud...@webtv.net (Ronny TX) wrote:
> I've been Googling and Froogling :-)
> yesterday and this morning in my search
> on info about Wen Electric chainsaws.
> The one I have is Model 5016,16inch,12
> amps and 5200 maximum RPM. What I would
> like to find is an online parts & repair
> manual for this chainsaw that I could
> print off or a parts & repair manual
> that I could mail order. I did find the
> Wen products page,did a chainsaw word
> search there and they said they didn't
> have any.
> http://www.wenproducts.com/index.asp?Pag
> Mark:
> I used to have a Wen electric chain saw
> and I liked it too. I do recall having
> problems with the oiler too. I suggest
> you just take the whole oiler apart and
> clean it with kerosene or another
> solvent that wont harm the parts. Any
> chain that fits the bar can be used. My
> saw finally burned out. The motor went
> up in smoke. Never overload them. I
> prefer electric saws over the gas ones.
> No fuss mixing fuel, then trying to get
> the damn things started. But they do not
> have as much power, and you are limited
> to being near an outlet.
> Mark
> ---
Ronny:
Thank you for your reply Mark! :-)
It's good to know that any chain will work on my chainsaw as long as it
will fit the bar! I looked at the chainsaw chain guide book at Lowes and
it called for a S58 Oregon chain and on the shelf they had everything
close to that;but not the S58! (ha) Same at Wal Mart and our Farm Supply
store. They had chain numbers like S56,57,59,60,etc;but also not S58's!
And that was agravating since I thought I might very likely have to have
the S58! (ha)
And in the Lowes booklet I also found the name Wagner by the Wen
chainsaw chain guide part,so Googled some more and found out that
several years ago the Wen chainsaw line was bought out by the Wagner
Products company. So that was good to know! :-) Then I found and got on
the Wagner homepage and I think I've found a page that will have parts
and maybe repair info for my particular Wen electric chainsaw? The info
is in PDF format thought and I can't get that very easily on my WebTV,so
will need to look that up on my sister's computer. I just hope Wagner is
still making and or selling parts for this type chainsaw;but it may not
be. If not,maybe I will find someone else who does?
I took my chainsaw over to my sister's barn yesterday to work on it. I
thought about your idea of taking the whole oiler apart;but I didn't
want to try that at first. So first I just took the bar and chain off
and emptied the oil out. Shot in some WD40 where the bar oil goes,pushed
the manual oil button and the WD40 started coming out some as it should.
Put bar oil in it and tried that. Oil coming out;but still didn't look
like enough. That's when I decided to go ahead and take the thing apart
to get to all of the bar oiler. Now here's the problem I ran into. :-)
LoL Of course,a number of screws holding the whole thing together. Some
of them very old and rusty looking-looked like they hadn't been took out
in years! Some of the screws way back recessed in holes too. 2 or 3 of
those filled with gunk. So I decided to try to get some of that out with
a Phillips screwdriver. That was sort of a mistake. :-) Stuck that
screwdriver into one hole,that I thought had a screw in it and something
gave! LoL Turned out it was the oil level hole! Didn't see that written
on the side of the saw till I wiped off a bit of oil and dirt. So,I
stuck that small Phillips screwdriver through the plastic part of the
oil level site hole. Well, decided to try the manual oiler again.
Figured I might as well and lo and behold the oil was now coming out
fine where it ought to! LoL But if I tipped the saw to one side,too much
also came out the new site level hole! LoL That hole and oil level site
being right across from the little hole that comes out by the chainsaw's
bar. So it's oiling right in one place. Now what to do? Haven't gotten
to that yet. (ha) But what I'm thinking is that plastic oil site level
hole may of had an on purpose pinhole in it to start with? Wondering if
all manual oilers,with a diapham system,have a little pinhole in them?
So next I plan on cleaning out that oil site level hole good, then
filling it with some sort of liquid plastic,letting that set up hard and
then see if the manual oiler still works at the bar part? And if the oil
doesn't come out then,I'll put a tiny hole through that liquid plastic
cap and see if that works? It seems sure that one or the other way
should work. I just don't know which one yet? LoL
BTW,I did put some oil on the chain yesterday,while I had everything
together and tried cutting on a small log. The chain was a bit dull;but
I was surprised that it still cut rather well! Will still get a new
chain. Think two come in the Oregan chain packages? Then I can have
those. Plus have the other one sharpened.
Ah well,as I say,live and learn! :-) LoL