hacskaroly
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There have been multiple threads of saw builds/rebuilds/upgrades that I have learned from on this forum! I have a project saw that I am taking on, so I figured that I would share whats going on with it. This is a Husqvarna 576xp that I found pretty much as you see below. I had to scrounge through a box of parts to find the carb, cylinder, top-cover and clutch cover. This saw had an unfortunate accident when the top piston ring appears to have shattered, gouging the piston and scoring the cylinder. At that point, the user decided it was trash and tossed it into a pile of parts saws (a pile that I have already pulled two 372s out of and put them back into service with a little elbow grease).
![576 Left Side.jpg 576 Left Side.jpg](https://opeforum.com/data/attachments/402/402857-4b24abffd8b0a3fa520c3474d6ef3d8b.jpg)
The piston with chunks of the top ring embedded into it (exhaust side).
![Piston Chunk 1.jpg Piston Chunk 1.jpg](https://opeforum.com/data/attachments/402/402858-c80ee109898091fe050474916549460d.jpg)
Side view with chunks removed -lower ring broke as I pulled it out.
![IMG_20240102_173641.jpg IMG_20240102_173641.jpg](https://opeforum.com/data/attachments/402/402859-bbbb4e7b98c32027305f79ec79085ecc.jpg)
A view from the top with the chunks out...
![Piston Chunk 3.jpg Piston Chunk 3.jpg](https://opeforum.com/data/attachments/402/402860-ceeb237674c959f3026494f1a0aeb403.jpg)
And finally the cylinder - I am wondering if a little sanding and Scotchbrite cloth will clean it up???
![576 Cylinder Score 1.jpg 576 Cylinder Score 1.jpg](https://opeforum.com/data/attachments/402/402861-4b0f6fd6b05eaf62946670cf3d72e8cc.jpg)
Unfortunately I am at the mercy of work to buy the parts for this, but I have seen on Traverse Creek/Saw Salvage website a piston kit and a piston and cylinder kit which are both really reasonable and I have heard nothing but good so far about the equipment purchased from Duke's. I am hoping they will go for one or the other. If I thought the piston was salvageable, I would have sprung for new rings and given it a try, but after digging out the fragments, I don't think its fixable.
![576 Left Side.jpg 576 Left Side.jpg](https://opeforum.com/data/attachments/402/402857-4b24abffd8b0a3fa520c3474d6ef3d8b.jpg)
The piston with chunks of the top ring embedded into it (exhaust side).
![Piston Chunk 1.jpg Piston Chunk 1.jpg](https://opeforum.com/data/attachments/402/402858-c80ee109898091fe050474916549460d.jpg)
Side view with chunks removed -lower ring broke as I pulled it out.
![IMG_20240102_173641.jpg IMG_20240102_173641.jpg](https://opeforum.com/data/attachments/402/402859-bbbb4e7b98c32027305f79ec79085ecc.jpg)
A view from the top with the chunks out...
![Piston Chunk 3.jpg Piston Chunk 3.jpg](https://opeforum.com/data/attachments/402/402860-ceeb237674c959f3026494f1a0aeb403.jpg)
And finally the cylinder - I am wondering if a little sanding and Scotchbrite cloth will clean it up???
![576 Cylinder Score 1.jpg 576 Cylinder Score 1.jpg](https://opeforum.com/data/attachments/402/402861-4b0f6fd6b05eaf62946670cf3d72e8cc.jpg)
Unfortunately I am at the mercy of work to buy the parts for this, but I have seen on Traverse Creek/Saw Salvage website a piston kit and a piston and cylinder kit which are both really reasonable and I have heard nothing but good so far about the equipment purchased from Duke's. I am hoping they will go for one or the other. If I thought the piston was salvageable, I would have sprung for new rings and given it a try, but after digging out the fragments, I don't think its fixable.