395 OEM piston pin circlip issue

[EFSM]

Pardon my greasy fingers, but has anyone else had trouble with the circlips with OEM 395 pistons? I received a new piston today and found that the clip was next thing to loose after being installed into the piston, easily spun with a fingernail. I ended up using the clips from the old piston, which fit properly and are obviously larger.


old clip upper, new clip lower

 

[Woodwackr]

Pardon my greasy fingers, but has anyone else had trouble with the circlips with OEM 395 pistons? I received a new piston today and found that the clip was next thing to loose after being installed into the piston, easily spun with a fingernail. I ended up using the clips from the old piston, which fit properly and are obviously larger.

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old clip upper, new clip lower
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Looks like they included the wrong size in the kit.
Wolf Creek has the Stihl type.

 

[cus_deluxe]

yep does kinda look like a 12mm clip instead of 13mm.

 

[EFSM]

Wolf Creek has the Stihl type.

I wasn't very clear, but we are a Husqvarna parts/service dealer, so this was an OEM husqvarna piston.

 

[Woodwackr]

I wasn't very clear, but we are a Husqvarna parts/service dealer, so this was an OEM husqvarna piston.

I got that. Somebody, somewhere, likely at the factory… screwed up. It happens.

 

[Wilhelm]

Wire thickness looks slightly thinner OD and the loop opposite the ear seems quite shorter.

Considering my limited experience with changes in OEM Dolmar parts over the past 2 decades or so I would guess they changed the clips supplier without double & triple checking fitment.
Makita did this with numerous Dolmar parts.

Good thing You noticed that!
Report it to Husqvarna?

 

[EFSM]

I didn't but I should.