Puzzling Husky 254

[Simondo]

Bar and chain off

Thats when it is most likely to give trouble due to no drag load.... no side cover on I guess? This is from one of my old Husq 154/254 workshop manuals.


Sorry about the language ...just look at the bottom passage .

 

[Mastermind]

Bar and chain off

Never start one without a bar and chain. Make it a habit. New build....bar and chain, fire it up, then pop the brake on a few times. Then tune it....

 

[XP_Slinger]

Thats when it is most likely to give trouble due to no drag load.... no side cover on I guess? This is from one of my old Husq 154/254 workshop manuals.
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Sorry about the language ...just look at the bottom passage .

Good stuff

 

[XP_Slinger]

Never start one without a bar and chain. Make it a habit. New build....bar and chain, fire it up, then pop the brake on a few times. Then tune it....

 

[Mastermind]

Howdy

 

[GCJenks204]

Never start one without a bar and chain. Make it a habit. New build....bar and chain, fire it up, then pop the brake on a few times. Then tune it....

So I shouldn't take the one @Stump Shot sent me out in the parking lot and piss rev it ?

 

[trooney]

Thats when it is most likely to give trouble due to no drag load.... no side cover on I guess? This is from one of my old Husq 154/254 workshop manuals.
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Sorry about the language ...just look at the bottom passage .

Thanks. That is good stuff...

 

[Dub11]

So I shouldn't take the one @Stump Shot sent me out in the parking lot and piss rev it ?

Yes you should, just do it in front of a camera please.

 

[Basher]

Yes please with the camera rolling, we will see how fast you can duck out of the way.There is still some clutch parts above the workshop gyprocked ceiling someplace.

 

[Dub11]

Yes please with the camera rolling, we will see how fast you can duck out of the way.There is still some clutch parts above the workshop gyprocked ceiling someplace.

And we can help him find it.

 

[trooney]

Well the clutch cover doesnt fit, the one I got has the tabs like the old 262. Will a 55 clutch cover fit on the 254 like it will a 262?

 

[trooney]

And I aint going to cut the tabs off...

 

[Basher]

And we can help him find it.

We had the attic layered with 2' of blown in insulation, there is still at least one clutch shoe up there someplace, not going to crawl up there and dig around for it...LOL

 

[Simondo]

Well the clutch cover doesnt fit, the one I got has the tabs like the old 262. Will a 55 clutch cover fit on the 254 like it will a 262?

Odd that it wont fit ...2 tabs is what im used to seeing. Pic 0f 262 and 254 side on ....How late a saw is it ..after 1998?

 

[trooney]

Yeah, its a '99. The first 3 are of the later one that I scrounged parts off my FG carcass, the later pics. The cover fits that one fine.

 

[trooney]

It shares alot of parts with the 55

 

[Simondo]

Yeah, its a '99. The first 3 are of the later one that I scrounged parts off my FG carcass, the later pics. The cover fits that one fine.
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That explains it...after 1998 the ipl shows a side cover without tabs and the brake flag is updated. I have no 100% answer on the 55/51 cover as iv not been in your position ,but it looks from ipl as though it should sub over.

 

[trooney]

It looks like it. Like I said before, it shares alot of parts with the 55. What the heck, I'll try it

 

[Simondo]

It looks like it. Like I said before, it shares alot of parts with the 55. What the heck, I'll try it

Brake bands for the 254 (if you can even get them ) vary, if memory serves me right but that may differ if you are going down the 55/51 side case.

 

[Tor R]

Never start one without a bar and chain. Make it a habit. New build....bar and chain, fire it up, then pop the brake on a few times. Then tune it....

+1,
Thinking about it, fresh builder, start her always with the brake attached, then rpm her as you do and engage the brake a couple times so the clutch is torqued.