262XP Rebuild - Junk Pile Save

[jakethesnake]

Hooray 272? Or no?

 

[RI Chevy]

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NOT LIKING THIS POST!!!!

 

[huskyboy]

Wow that 266 runs good. Great sound. Had to post this video since were on the topic of old 2 series husky and who doesn’t like buckin’ billy ray? Good guy.

 

[p61 western]

Wow that 266 runs good. Great sound. Had to post this video since were on the topic of old 2 series husky and who doesn’t like buckin’ billy ray?

I think the 266 is walkerized.

 

[hseII]

I think the 266 is walkerized.

Ol’ BBR don’t know what to do with a modern stock saw!!

I Like It!

 

[p61 western]

Ol’ BBR don’t know what to do with a modern stock saw!!

I Like It!

Lol yep I kinda like old stuff as well.

 

[hseII]

Lol yep I kinda like old stuff as well.

Absolutely.

That or get the new ones to run like the old ones!

 

[Daserlon]

Look what showed up in the mail today. I have to get a bar and chain for it before I can cut anything. I need to find a nice chunk of wood to cut in because now I have 2 saws to tune in. This one and the 288 that Joe, Josh and Rattler did the cylinder for.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Look what showed up in the mail today. I have to get a bar and chain for it before I can cut anything. I need to find a nice chunk of wood to cut in because now I have 2 saws to tune in. This one and the 288 that Joe, Josh and Rattler did the cylinder for.View attachment 118808View attachment 118810

Oh man can’t wait to hear the report on these 2 saws. Woop Woop !!!!

 

[XP_Slinger]

Looky what I got in the mail yesterday. All the bearings and what not are in there too...Thanks @Spike60 ! I’ll start assembling my 262 very soon, gotta get some coffee down the hatch. Hope my piston shows up today. Fingers crossed

 

[XP_Slinger]

My piston isn’t scheduled to arrive until early next week, dang it. In the mean time I’ll put together what I can.

Step 1: Crank bearings.

As per my normal routine I heat up the inner race a little with a propane torch and the bearings fall right on.

 

[XP_Slinger]

This time around I tried using my heat gun to heat the crank case, figured if it worked it would be a safer assembly technique. But, apparently my heat gun doesn’t blow hot enough because I was only able to seat the bearing half way in the case. I reverted to heating the case with the propane torch and she fell right in.

Gasket in place ready for the flywheel side of the case



Went together nice and smooth by hand. Looking good so far.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Time to tighten all the crank case bolts, I almost always forget to put the dog on at this point but I remembered this time...Win!




As expected, the crank wasn’t spinning freely so I had to give it a couple knocks with a brass drift. Now it spins nice and silky smooth.



Glad the fuel line grommet goes in easy with the cases together because I forgot to put it in place before assembling.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Now lets seal this sucker up.

Once the O-ring and old seal is removed from the flywheel side retainer I put it in place to double check interference with the bearing. It’s sitting nice and flush so time to move on.



New seal and O-ring installed in retainer:



After oiling the bearing, retainer installed with 3 screws.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Next comes the much simpler clutch side seal. Simply drive it in so its about 1.5mm proud in the bore. If you drive it too deep the bearing will contact it which will likely ruin the seal in short order.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Moving on to the clutch side to install the oil pump and some other small stuff.



Make sure the output grommet is in place or the oil will never reach the bar.



Don’t forget to install the oil pick up hose


Drop in the oil pump, tighten the screws, install the drive gear and it’s done. Also installed the chain slider, bar plate and new chain tensioner hardware. Of note, you may have noticed I didn’t reinstall the pump worm gear on the crank. That is because I upgraded the pump to the clutch driven version.



Lastly I installed my incorrect 2 shoe clutch. The 262 uses a 3 shoe clutch but in a pinch the one I have will function. Will it slip? Maybe, but I’ll try it out and post results.

 

[XP_Slinger]

I put a new fuel line in the tank and only then did I realize that I forgot to get a fuel cap and new fuel filter...Doh!



Boneheaded forgetfulness aside, I went ahead and mounted the tank to the crank case.

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

DON'T forget the fuel filter!

 

[XP_Slinger]

Now onto the flywheel side.

First I installed the air injection support and the coil.



Then the flywheel



Remember how my kill wire was routed all wrong? Well, I mounted the carb and put all controls and grommets in place so I could determine proper routing in the carb box. The factory routing goes up and over the jet screw grommet, but since I’m making a new wire I’m going to route it underneath the grommet because I think it makes more sense. @drf256 pointed out that my routing was not factory, thanks Doc! Wouldn’t want those with less experience thinking up and over the grommet was wrong.



This notch in the starter housing is where the kill wire routes through.



New connector crimped on and shrink wrapped. Wire clears everything routed underneath the grommet.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Wiring repaired and properly routed on the new flywheel shroud.