Perhaps that was it, I really don’t remember any of it except the cycling of the ignition many times together with some other things.
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Having a chainsaw problem on an Echo 590. The clutch/sprocket components are locked up and I can’t get the sprocket to pull up off the drive shaft. Putting channel locks on the sprocket will let it turn with enough force but I can’t pull the sprocket out. Almost like the clutch has expanded and won’t release the dish part of the sprocket. Anybody have and suggestions or experience like this?
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I don’t know but it sounds like the brake stuck.
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Hi Tom, do you have any pic’s of the clutch setup on your Echo?
This sounds a little to me like a common problem when the chain catches a small rope or string of some kind, they wind up super-fast on shafts and pulleys and get everything stuck.
It’s often impossible to find them, they get inside everthing (I’ve sometimes found blu-baling-string, and like, Inside the the tiny needle roller bearing on the clutch drum)
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Here is a video showing the clutch components on this saw. Same as my Stihl. I’ve never had a problem pulling that sprocket cup out before on any saw. I’m thinking I may have to try clamping vice grips on the sprocket and making some kind of puller off the drive shaft. Maybe yesterday was just a bad day and it will pop right out today. I’m using my Huskvarna 460 now so it’s not holding up my stove wood production but I’m real curious about what’s what. I prefer the Echo over my other 60cc saws.
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Well it seems like both Sean and Goran were right about the saw problem, Even though I cycled the chain brake bar several time previously without anything freeing up, once I got the sprocket drum pulled out then the clutch assembly moved freely but still no apparent reason for it to be stuck. I blew some gunk out of the channel the drum rides in with WD40 and compressed air. More crap in there than I would have guessed. Got it put back together and when I was trying to get the E clip retainer seated it flew off into space in my work shop. Once something gets lost in there it is futile to hunt for it. I’ll have to hunt up another one from someplace that sells Echo.
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Tom, you might be able to find an e-clip of the right size at a well-equipped hardware store. (Ace, do-it-best, etc. or a NAPA auto part store). Bring the saw main body with you. Yes, there should also be an Echo dealer somewhere near Traverse City. 
Flying small parts and springs are always fun.
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At least you have a good reason for not finding it. I sometimes temporarily lay down a tool right by me and when I reach for it again it’s gone!
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I’ve sometimes crawled out of a tricky position and start walking around to look for a lost tool, only to discover I’m carrying it in my hand 
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There is an old TV series in the USA called “American Pickers”. When they are looking for stuff, they use a flashlight to help them focus on exactly where they are looking. It may sound strange,but it works really well.
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I need a pair of them flashlight glasses then. I looked all over for my drill today when I was working on the Jeep. It was sit right on my bench where I was working. This makes me think it is time for a break from what I am working on.
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I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve had the “Right there in front of me” syndrome!!! But I used to be able to blame it on my kids when they were still home…
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Doesn’t everybody? 
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Oh, and I thought I was special 
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It’s not “flashlight glasses” that they use. Example:
A guy is standing in an area that is cluttered with “Stuff”. He uses a hand-held tightly focused flashlight (LED type) to scan over the area. So his eyes are drawn to the area that is lit up. I guess it helps the brain to home in on individual items, rather that be overloaded by the whole scene. Make any sense?
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Oh you are special JO, you are just one in a million of all the close to 9 billion on the earth. DOW special.
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I not much better, I have those type problems finding tools, day after day, or most days, I GESS I save a lot of tools and steel material helter skelter, Tools seem to get buried at times
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I did that with the drill bits the other day. They were right where I thought they were. I got about 3 nights of picking up and organizing and an unrelated project done before I found them.
When I lose stuff I typically go into clean up mode so I don’t keep getting frustrated looking through the same spot multiple times.
I blame ghosts or faeries because sometimes I look multiple times, remember exactly what I saw when I looked and now it is there.
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My father always blamed trolls
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I like to blame gremlins.
Rindert
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