Stihl MS 230 , MS250 rebuild, part 5. Chain brake, band, main spring, lever centring spring

The next in the rebuild series showing how the chain brake goes together and the position of the handle centring spring.

[@fredmetcalf]

Mr Practicality......good videos.......Greetings,, La Grange Texas

[@TheInfoworks]

Fred, good to hear from you, this is quite an old video but it still does the business, cheers

[@vamboroolz9724]

YOU ARE A LEGEND! thank you so much. Replaced the crank seals on mine and ended up with two screws and a spring left over, watched your vids and sorted! thank you so very much, really good videos!

[@TheInfoworks]

Thanks for your comment, please spread the word, I hope you have subscribed as there are loads of other videos since 2013, cheers

[@laurieparks4123]

been stuck with geetting the band back on for days. no longer... legend !!!

[@TheInfoworks]

Great news, thanks for the comment, subscribed? and check out my books, cheers

[@MrC4vey]

Thanks very much, this was very useful for me. I'd never encountered the lever centering spring before until mine broke and fell out. Now I know what I need to fix it.

[@TheInfoworks]

Thanks for the appreciation, tricky little things but make the chainbrake easier to use.. Subscribed? Cheers, Andy

[@ianwstokes7971]

Excellent video, I've now got a working chainsaw again. Thanks.

[@TheInfoworks]

Thanks for the appreciation, subscribed? Cheers, Andy

[@GoGoatYarrin]

Thanks for the video. Made changing my chain brake easy & straight forward.

[@TheInfoworks]

Cheers

[@fasteddie5371]

Thanks bud I just fixed my 025 it had same problem floppy chain break turns out my saw was missing that center spring and the kit I ordered came with it and I didn’t see it on my saw so I watched this and found out about that spring and fixed it. Thanks again.

[@TheInfoworks]

Eddie, thanks for the comment, good news, there's many more vids, subscribed? cheers

[@ashley318]

Thanks for the video. Chain brakes working again

[@TheInfoworks]

That's good news, thanks for the comment. Subscribed?, cheers, Andy

[@bankola]

спасибо большое, даже сейчас это видео полезно и актуально!👍

[@TheInfoworks]

Thanks for the comment, cheers

[@Biker48B33]

Been searching for this as it seems everyone overlooks it. I thought about making one myself. Mine is an MS250 but it is the same.

[@TheInfoworks]

Hi. Thanks for the comment. Was the vid easy to find, or should I change the description? The 023 and 025 are very similar, nice lightweight saws. The 025 runs a .325 chain from what I remember. Cheers, Andy

[@Biker48B33]

Andy Reynolds Maybe call it the Stihl chain brake assembly rebuild. I assume that most Stihl's use the same system.

[@gabryellautaru538]

Thanks 👍

[@TheInfoworks]

No worries, hope you have subscribed, cheers

[@RyanCJ3]

Replaced the engine with one I found on eBay and discovered the flat spring in pieces. Timely for me! Thanks! Engine replaced was a Stihl and shows 150 psi compression. Any opinion on the Stihl tool for installing the big spring?

[@TheInfoworks]

Hi. It is common for the chainbrake centring spring to fail. To install the main spring I just use a lage screw driver in the spring loop and on the spring peg. I think I show this somewhere, maybe the 026 rebuild series. Cheers

[@stevegrafft6978]

Sir i own a ms390 i think i've burnt the chain brake band as the brake no longer stops the chian in fact i cant tell if the brake is on or off anymore i dont think it has anything to do with the lever itself morso the band or clutch any advise for me?

[@TheInfoworks]

you will have to investigate, take the bar and chain off, then remove the clutch drum. The video tells you what to do. Cheers