Husqvarna Rancher 50 revival. ⚠️ Lots of pictures!

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Alrighty now. Time to get some stuff put back together. Cleaning is behind and the smell of burning paint is before me. Later on yall will understand (might already) why I said that.

It's bearing time!! If you put the picture upside-down you can see the "made in Swedan" on the bottom. One bearing in.

I used a heat gun to install the bearings just like for taking them out. It was easier to install, than take them out. I also set the bearings in the freezer for a bit.


Last bearing in. I was going to take a close up shot of the bearing so yall could see the "Made in Germany" stamp.

A glamor shot of the crank for our members from Swedan!!

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Let's crank thing along and get the crank in so it can get to cranking!! It's crank time! Installed the crank in the magneto side first, then put on the clutch side. Once again the heat gun was used and the crank was chilled. It literally fell in. No pressure needed. Then all the bolts were put back in along with the dog since it's held on by two of the case bolts.

The crank is in and the halves bolted up. The crank was and is centered in the two halves.
Time to install the seals.

Now to install the oil pump gear. Heated it up and it fell right into place. I made sure it came to rest all the way down.

Since the heat gun was out I figured now would be a good time to put the heat shrink on the handle. I've used normal smooth heat shrink in the past, but, thanks to @redline4 for useing and sharing this cool heat shrink with grippers on it. This adds a neat look to the saw.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Starting on the clutch side let's get the oil pump back in and the chain tensioner mounted. Here's the parts need laid out. It's so much nicer working with clean parts!

First, let's put some grease in for the oil pump gears.

Then set the oil pump in place as well as the appropriate seal. Then set the chain tensioner in its slot.

Then set the oil pump/chain tensioner cover on and install the bolt that holds it in.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Moving on out let's get the sprocket and clutch installed. Pieces laid out in the order of installation.

Set the washer inplace, then gears the bearing and set it in place.

Then install the clutch drum and washer/spacer. Make sure the sprocket is on the drum before installing it.

Last but not least set the clutch in place and tighten it. In this case it counterclockwise to tighten it.

That part of the project is done!

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

The next picture explains what getting done next. Again pieces laid out in the order of installation.

Key set in place. This is key of you want the key to be able to key the flywheel in place. Don't get to keyed over all the keys getting thrown around!!
Set the flywheel in place making sure it engages the key.
Then the washer.

Followed by the nut. It's 13mm by the way. Yea yea, I know, yall are thinking I'm the nut by now!!

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

This is how I kept the crank from rotating so the clutch and flywheel nut could be tightened.

Oil cap installed to keep stuff from falling in.

Inplace at last. So many pictures for such a simple installation. Taking the pictures took longer than the actual job.
Where we are at now on the flywheel side.


That's all for tonight yall. More to come later.

 

[thedude74]

Let's crank thing along and get the crank in so it can get to cranking!! It's crank time! Installed the crank in the magneto side first, then put on the clutch side. Once again the heat gun was used and the crank was chilled. It literally fell in. No pressure needed. Then all the bolts were put back in along with the dog since it's held on by two of the case bolts.
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The crank is in and the halves bolted up. The crank was and is centered in the two halves.View attachment 374114
Time to install the seals.
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Now to install the oil pump gear. Heated it up and it fell right into place. I made sure it came to rest all the way down.
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Since the heat gun was out I figured now would be a good time to put the heat shrink on the handle. I've used normal smooth heat shrink in the past, but, thanks to @redline4 for useing and sharing this cool heat shrink with grippers on it. This adds a neat look to the saw.
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That is some really cool looking heat shrink wrap stuff!! Where can a guy buy that?

Rebuild is coming along great! Really a nice clean saw. Your dad will be happy and proud.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

That is some really cool looking heat shrink wrap stuff!! Where can a guy buy that?

Rebuild is coming along great! Really a nice clean saw. Your dad will be happy and proud.

Yes, it is. This stuff was picked up off Ebay. You cam also find it on Amazon. This stuff is called "X-Tube" heat shrink.

Thank you! Yes it is. It's not going to look new. Since all the plastic is going to be reused. So that's going to take away from the clean look. He already likes what he's seeing. His plan is to use it for limbing and smaller stuff.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Time for some more updates. Still waiting on one little part..... But, it's supposed to come in this week.

Let's go ahead and put the throttle lever back into the handle. This should be fun!
Parts needed to complete the task. Again, don't mind my foot ware....

Spring on the trigger. Or is it trigger on the spring? Either way, it's worth getting triggered over, so don't let it spring on ya.

Safety lever in position with the spring and trigger.

Another angle.

And it went In place a lot easier than expected. No triggers on my end happened.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Continued from above. The throttle lock(partial hold open) works now. Must of had to much junk in it before.


Moving on to the fuel tank. Let's put the filter and fuel line in the tank. Here's a shot of the needed part.

I put the fuel line in from the handle first. Way simpler to feed it in from there than in the tank.
Just push it in till you can pull it out of the tank enough to install the filter/pickup.

Filters on and ready to go in the tank.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Continued......

Filters in and ready for the fuel cap.


Part way in. Yaw, these pictures are boring. I get it!

Well that's behind us.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Let's go ahead and attach the handle/fuel tank to the crankcase. Time to start making this thing look like a saw!!

Here's the parts needed. Well, minust the AV bushing caps/holder downers. Or is that holder inners???

Handle and crankcase meet and joined. What David has joined together let not another man separate.

Remember to make sure the fuel line is were it needs to be!
Flywheel side AV bushings shoved home.
Clutch side AV bushing in place. Now to cap them so they stay in.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Rear upper clutch side AV bushing cover and bolts.

Set in place.

And there snugg as a bug in a rug.

Can't install the lower front AV bushing holder/chain guide. What you see below is what somebody used in place of said part. It's a wire lug. Needless to say the part I mentioned above that I need yet is this one. So we got to overlook it for no and keep moving forward.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Moving on to the flywheel side. Before we can lock the flywheel side AV bushings in place we need to rebuild the recoil start.
Parts for the job at hand.
First, install the rope in the starter pulley. I fedd it through from the center.
And coil it around around the pulley.

Before setting the recoil spring in place I put fresh grease in.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Set the spring in place. These spring keepers sure or nice!! Not all small engines have these and the spring can be a pain!
Then set the recoil pulley in place.

Install the washer and screw so ot stays put.
Then, spin the pulley till you have the desired tension on the pull rope and install the handle and you good to go.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Time to install the coil and fan shroud/air conductor, as well as the kill switch, so we can install the recoil start assembly.

Coil set inplace and loose so the right gap can be set.
Gap set using the appropriate amount of paper layers, then tightened down. .04mm or .016" is what I set it at.



Set the fan shroud in place. Ran the coil wire as it should be.
Installed the kill switch. Why, I ask myself did I take so many pictures of such a simple process? More after these two. Part way in....
All the way in.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Keeping with the kill switch make sure to run the wire so it will not be pinched. Plus, don't forget to hook it to the coil.

Almost ready to install the recoil start. But first. Let's put in the two clips that the top cover fastens too.

Now, we are ready for recoil start to be installed. Set it in place and install the four bolts.


Job done. It's starting to look more like a saw!!

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Last update for today. Cleaned the bar up. Smoothed out the rail. Ready for paint.



More to come later.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Alrighty yaaaalllll. Time for another update.

Nows a good a time as any to reassemble the chain brake. Parts needed for said job. Lots of easy to loose parts!!

First thing's first, install the brake band. As you can see the plastic got hot enough that the oil and chips burnt and melted the plastic. But, it'll still work just fine.

Next install this little dodad. It installs as it's it's laying.

With the dodad inplace it's time to install the spring, bushing and screw the keeper on top.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Keeping on with that same vain of thought, and we got those parts together but the end.

Now the ends on and we are ready to assemble the rest of the pieces. Screw the end on till just bumps against the bushing.

They go in as laid out.

The spring goes in first,then the lever/cam the install the roll pin. This is how it should look.

Now slide the brake handle in place and install the pin and e-clip.