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This may not be the right forum for this. But I'm having a dickens of a time trying to find the chain tensioner screw for this. It's right at 2" long.

Homelite PN 308767001

Hey thanks man. Does homelite make Remington? This is the first one I've seen, I suppose. But then again, I've never really paid much attention to chainsaws much. Not until the last year or so.

BTW, how did you cross reference that part?

Are you sure it is a homelite part since MTD purchased Remington a few years ago and they make a RM4620 Don't offer parts for the chain cover just the entire assembly for like $17.

ILENGINE said:

Are you sure it is a homelite part since MTD purchased Remington a few years ago and they make a RM4620 Don't offer parts for the chain cover just the entire assembly for like $17.

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That's what I was thinking. I see the cover. But it didn't show the other side. So I had no clue if the tensioner was in there or not.

Wish me luck, I order it. I got a little break on the price, thanks to "honey."
I've been using "honey" for a couple of weeks now. it's probably saved me $10 or more.

I'm guessing it's in there. Because the slot head screw, that you turn from the outside, is there.

Oh well I give up....it is still a Chinese unit.

The company’s chainsaws were most recently manufactured in China and imported by a Tempe, Arizona company. In 2016, the company’s chainsaws were manufactured by Zhejiang Pioneer Machinery & Electron Company of China. Then, they were imported by MTD Southwest, which is based out of Tempe, Arizona.

When faced with a broken chain adjuster, I simply fit a standard front facing adjuster.
Of course I have a grab box of 50 or so to choose from but in reality only regularly use 2 Husqvarna one and a Stihl one.
Some times you need a dab of glue to hold the nut in place.
I am yet to see a side adjuster that is worth the effort of fixing and $ 5.00 for an adjuster kit is a lot cheaper than and entire brake mechanism.
I would guess that some smart ass legal eagle won a massive pay out for this brain dead client who cut his little pinkie on the bumper spikes because he was using a stumpy screwdriver to adjust the chain & not the supplied tool.
They are all powder pressings and as such weak as water

StarTech said:

Oh well I give up....it is still a Chinese unit.

The company’s chainsaws were most recently manufactured in China and imported by a Tempe, Arizona company. In 2016, the company’s chainsaws were manufactured by Zhejiang Pioneer Machinery & Electron Company of China. Then, they were imported by MTD Southwest, which is based out of Tempe, Arizona.

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Don't feel bad the new Craftsman saws are also made by MTD,

bertsmobile1 said:

When faced with a broken chain adjuster, I simply fit a standard front facing adjuster.
Of course I have a grab box of 50 or so to choose from but in reality only regularly use 2 Husqvarna one and a Stihl one.
Some times you need a dab of glue to hold the nut in place.
I am yet to see a side adjuster that is worth the effort of fixing and $ 5.00 for an adjuster kit is a lot cheaper than and entire brake mechanism.
I would guess that some smart ass legal eagle won a massive pay out for this brain dead client who cut his little pinkie on the bumper spikes because he was using a stumpy screwdriver to adjust the chain & not the supplied tool.
They are all powder pressings and as such weak as water

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I scrapped all my parts equipment before the move. Not a week after the move, I started needing what I scrapped. probably 10 to 15 saws went to the scrap yard.

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PTmowerMech said:

I scrapped all my parts equipment before the move. Not a week after the move, I started needing what I scrapped. probably 10 to 15 saws went to the scrap yard.

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I scrapped all the junk i had collected for years. If you are fixing equipment for profit and you need to warranty the work used parts can get bite you. Ask me how i know. i quit using any junkyard parts. If it needs a part it gets a new one. If it is NLA i don't spend unbillable hours trying to find one. At some point business is business. If you are fixing your own stuff or for a friend that is another thing.

That is a double edged sword.
keeping old gear working is maintaining my customer base .
Once they go out & buy a new piece of kit, that is a customer I will not see again for a very long time.
Having said that I try to always fit new parts where possible and the non-billable hours, being totally freelance every repair has at least the same non-billable hours on it as billable .
Good example I just spent better than 4 hours trying to find out what carb is fitted to a Ryobi RVB26G blower because they come standard with a Ruixing that has no model number on it .

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I scrapped all the junk i had collected for years. If you are fixing equipment for profit and you need to warranty the work used parts can get bite you. Ask me how i know. i quit using any junkyard parts. If it needs a part it gets a new one. If it is NLA i don't spend unbillable hours trying to find one. At some point business is business. If you are fixing your own stuff or for a friend that is another thing.

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Agreed, for the most part. Usually it's none moving parts. Never a bearing, belt or things of that nature. Seats, good tires etc etc.... With the exception of a good engine now and then. I sold & installed an engine for an elderly customer last year. Her fixed income wouldn't allow for a new engine or a new mower. I just serviced it for her last week. It still had good compression. The valves needed just a little adjustment. Cam & CR was still good. The engine came from some rich guy who mowed his place like 2 years, then hired a company to start mowing it. So his sat for like 3 years.
I warranty everything I do, for a month-ish.
My used equipment I fix and sell, I warranty what I do to them. When I take one in, I have a file on my computer labeled "new equipment," where I note what I do, the new parts I used, who I got it from and who I sell it to. And the dates. Those who buy it, knows what's warrantied. And he risk is on them.
With that said, on say like a riding mower, I check the engine compression and make sure it runs smoothly. New oil & filters & most of the time new plugs. Check the deck, bearings, pulleys, belts etc etc. Then check the drive line. Especially the belt and idlers. Tube all the bad tires. Sometimes even a good one that's starting to crack. Anything that doesn't look like it'll last a season, gets changed.
When you pick up a mower for $100 or less, and are going to sell it for $500, there's not reason to not fix everything wrong with it. But I don't want them coming back for something I just fixed. That makes me look bad.
That also being said, I've had some pretty good customers who understand they're getting used equipment.
Besides, I make more money on used equipment, than I do repairs.

PTmowerMech said:

This may not be the right forum for this. But I'm having a dickens of a time trying to find the chain tensioner screw for this. It's right at 2" long.
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Just curious if the homelite part worked. I need the same part. Cheers.

TRod said:

Just curious if the homelite part worked. I need the same part. Cheers.

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I found an OEM. Had to buy the whole cover. But it was less than $20 IIRC.