All Things 288XP

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Got a little more organized

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I see you didn't care for my top cover.

 

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...and I need a green one

I have some green paint...

 

[davidwyby]

I see you didn't care for my top cover.

Hi tops are more better esp in this dust

But I just can’t get to digging them

I guess I’m BBR Jr

 

[cus_deluxe]

I guess I’m BBR Jr

not until you start putting weird acid flashback subliminal messaging in your youtube vids. Brother.

 

[davidwyby]

Good to see you around again @Onan18


Bar from @how57, 30”, perfect for my height. Fit with adapters, chain just needs a couple links added to fit and be 98dl same as my other 30” bar. Put opener muffler on. This setup is Lowd. Snap crackle pop. Stump Shot Special.


I have enough tubing to make hundreds of these if anyone wants some. Nice cuz not saw specific.

Hm, nother 288 just started doing this. Clutch nut stuck out past crank end seems same as other saw, bar thickness standard, clutch hub same as others. Swapped to one that was a few thou thinner and put an outer bar plate in the stack…



Think this will clean up?

 

[Stump Shot]

Good to see you around again @Onan18


Bar from @how57, 30”, perfect for my height. Fit with adapters, chain just needs a couple links added to fit and be 98dl same as my other 30” bar. Put opener muffler on. This setup is Lowd. Snap crackle pop. Stump Shot Special.

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You mean David Wyby Special, I've never seen that saw before.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[Maintenance Chief]

Contestant for the ugliest 288, .
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I don't see any wood screws in it?
Not that ugly.

 

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I don't see any wood screws in it?
Not that ugly.

Wrong! The back AV had one in it.

 

[Traprunner]

Access to new oem 218/288 high top air filters. part number (503551271). must be some in-stock someplace? Like to have a few more spares.

 

[davidwyby]

Brand new clutch cover

had to add those brass washers to keep the nut from rubbing. Drum still rubs on the brake band.

What gives?

Fanks

 

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Brand new clutch cover

had to add those brass washers to keep the nut from rubbing. Drum still rubs on the brake band.

What gives?

Fanks

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Early models had both an inside and outside steel bar pad, later models had just the inner one.

 

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I think I see the bar pads present, the clutch however appears to be out too far as in something is holding it back from going in all the way.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

I think I see the bar pads present, the clutch however appears to be out too far as in something is holding it back from going in all the way.

Ernie had an issue with this. Turned out to be an early model trying to use newer model parts. There are differences

 

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Ernie had an issue with this. Turned out to be an early model trying to use newer model parts. There are differences

Sounds right, mixing them doesn't work, they have to be all the same as I recall.

 

[davidwyby]

@ErnieG

 

[ErnieG]

@ErnieG

I had to grind that little bit off the drum that protrudes out past the clutch and it worked out .
I don't remember if it was a aftermarket drum or OEM but that may also play a part in this problem.
Oregon 28094X is the correct one your looking for .

Ernie

 

[davidwyby]

I'm wondering if my band is too tight or my drum too large on the OD.

 

[Czed]

Early models had both an inside and outside steel bar pad, later models had just the inner one.

Yes and over the decades a variety of thicknesses of bar's had caused rubbing
I've seen guy's grind the clutch down
To get them to clear.

 

[Czed]

My brother ran his own timber company
cut all the brake bands off his saws
I still have his last saw a 288 lite before he retired
He bought it new in 2000