Chinese Rings vs Caber and OEM

[Workshop]

Don't be a tightwad, use OEM.

I put a $12 set of caber rings in my 026 because Stihl rings were $20 per ring.
Sorry, in my book oem isn't THAT much better.

 

[Tor R]

I put a $12 set of caber rings in my 026 because Stihl rings were $20 per ring.
Sorry, in my book oem isn't THAT much better.

15-20$ per ring to Husky, I put cabers in all my rebuilds nowadays.

 

[panteliss]

When the saw go to the real life ( to the forest cutting 8 - 10 hours per day for about 365 days per year in forest conditions ) then we can speak wich is better
the oem or the aftermarket

 

[rocco490]

Screw china! Bunch of communist pricks steal everything and reproduce sh*t copies of everyones ideas and designs. I will pay extra not to support them and get better quality products while doing so.

 

[panteliss]

Screw china! Bunch of communist pricks steal everything and reproduce sh*t copies of everyones ideas and designs. I will pay extra not to support them and get better quality products while doing so.

I agree they have steal everything , the funny is that even the peoples know this they still want to buy garbage things saying that something that is 5 times cheaper have the same quality ( materials , product methods , test controls , safety controls ) than the original have

For sure the someone with no name will care much more for the quality , for the safety , for the materials and he spent much more to the test controls than the stihl , husqvarna and many others care and spent for giving the best that they can

The stihl , husqvarna and many responsible companies make recalls if something its not ok loosing tones of money and maybe the fame of theirs names
until now i dont have see any of theese china companies or any others similar to chinas to make a recall or to come out and say to the customers
sorry we make mistake

 

[bwalker]

Elko is another German manufacture that makes good stuff. They share the same parent company as Mahle.

 

[Tor R]

The stihl , husqvarna and many responsible companies make recalls if something its not ok loosing tones of money and maybe the fame of theirs names

Maybe Stihl does but doubt Husky make many recalls.
Imaginate if Husky should done recall on their beautiful 340/345/346/353/357/359 plastic intake in their time, hell, they would gone bankrupt!

 

[Nitehawk55]

Cast material in the Caber rings is as good as OEM , the cast material in most Chinese rings I have seen is questionable and seem brittle .
Think about the forces and temps those rings are exposed to in an engine running 12k RPM plus !!

 

[bwalker]

Maybe Stihl does but doubt Husky make many recalls.
Imaginate if Husky should done recall on their beautiful 340/345/346/353/357/359 plastic intake in their time, hell, they would gone bankrupt!

What was wrong with the intakes?

 

[panteliss]

Generally i dont care to save 5 euros and then destroy a cylinder that cost 200 , i prefer to buy something more quality without to have headaches

 

[panteliss]

What was wrong with the intakes?

XP

 

[Tor R]

What was wrong with the intakes?

their partition wall intake who was used from 1999 up to 2007.

 

[bwalker]

their partition wall intake who was used from 1999 up to 2007.

I had several 346's during that time never had an issue.

 

[Tor R]

I had several 346's during that time never had an issue.

most had no issue like you, quite many got issue with the part wall intake with airleak as result, it wasnt a perfect system.
I can go a bit further with Husky, 357 auto decomp system.

Rings, oem or cabers for me

 

[Wilhelm]

Elko is another German manufacture that makes good stuff. They share the same parent company as Mahle.

 

[Mark71gtx]

I like Cabers. I suggest them often to people who want me to put their "cheapest I could find" new top ends on their saws. So far none have wanted to spend the extra $10-20 for the Cabers. None of them have been back with low compression issues either though. My 038 Magnum came alive when I put the new Cabers in it though.

 

[jmssaws]

I generally find that if you need rings you also need a piston.

 

[Nitehawk55]

I generally find that if you need rings you also need a piston.

That's true , I've had real good luck with the Hyway kits from HLS , the quality has really impressed me .......however the rings do not and get replaced with Cabers . Not taking any chances with a new jug and piston for a few extra $$ and the customer doesn't get the say in it .

 

[jmssaws]

That's true , I've had real good luck with the Hyway kits from HLS , the quality has really impressed me .......however the rings do not and get replaced with Cabers . Not taking any chances with a new jug and piston for a few extra $$ and the customer doesn't get the say in it .

I've been building a bunch of 066's using a single ring hyway piston from hl supply, the black coated ring that comes with it I actually prefer to cabers,after a couple cuts there seated. A caber is a good ring but so are the hyway ones,at least that's my experience with them.

 

[jmssaws]

The hyway is a winged piston and the meteor isnt,it probably doesn't matter but with a extremely wide ports I'll take the extra stability. Not saying it's right it's just how I see it.