Lil Red Barn

[stihl_head1982]

Golf, LRB and VEC all the same manufacturer from India.

Several years back I bought a few. The vendor was very kind to take some back in return. The areas machined out for the connecting rod were never consistent.
At times they would be so tight the piston would not mount to the connecting rod. I moved on to other types -- mainly Meteor pistons at that time.

 

[Stump Shot]

Several years back I bought a few. The vendor was very kind to take some back in return. The areas machined out for the connecting rod were never consistent.
At times they would be so tight the piston would not mount to the connecting rod. I moved on to other types -- mainly Meteor pistons at that time.

It's stuff like this that makes guys swear off the After Market all together. Which isn't quite fair to the(way too few) that are doing it right.

 

[dall]

It's stuff like this that makes guys swear off the After Market all together. Which isn't quite fair to the(way too few) that are doing it right.

well i refuse to do business with the sobs of lilredbarn
they sent me a piston the skirts were too long
called and told them and they said that i didnt order from them when i even had the receipt and the box
so you know what they got
screw lilredbarn and all the ones that work for them with 20 grit 8 inch dent pullers

 

[Stump Shot]

well i refuse to do business with the sobs of lilredbarn
they sent me a piston the skirts were too long
called and told them and they said that i didnt order from them when i even had the receipt and the box
so you know what they got
screw lilredbarn and all the ones that work for them with 20 grit 8 inch dent pullers

Seems to be the pattern here. I'm going with "The Duke" myself, for stuff out of the norm.

 

[67L36Driver]

I got a Homelite XL-925 piston kit from him. Shortened the skirt and trimmed the crown .020” and installed it in one of my Remington SL-55.

They provide the only game in town to our good fortune. [emoji108]

 

[KennyWinCT]

I bought and installed a piston/pin/ring set from them in an Echo PB620ST, fit fine, runs strong. 1/2 the price of OEM too.

 

[logger450]

I just messaged Lee again on the wrong piston he sent me. Not a word back. I will be getting ebay involved in this one. Crap shoot weather he sends you the right parts I guess.

 

[Bjorn]

Hi, I have buy many stuff from the barn With no problem. Only one time he send me wrong piston. I ordered a popup piston for 372 x-torque and he send me non x-torque piston. I send him a email and he send me the right piston and let me keep the wrong and dident want it back. So I am satisfied so far.

 

[logger450]

Hi, I have buy many stuff from the barn With no problem. Only one time he send me wrong piston. I ordered a popup piston for 372 x-torque and he send me non x-torque piston. I send him a email and he send me the right piston and let me keep the wrong and dident want it back. So I am satisfied so far.

I'm glad your the lucky one. When I first contacted him he gave me a hard time until I sent him a pic of the wrong piston and a copy of the listing I won. He said he was sorry and he would personally inspect the new piston and ship it right out. Since then I have contacted him twice and no response back. Now I have a customer waiting for his saw. Glad it worked out for you. That's the way it's supposed to be

 

[Czed]

I'm glad your the lucky one. When I first contacted him he gave me a hard time until I sent him a pic of the wrong piston and a copy of the listing I won. He said he was sorry and he would personally inspect the new piston and ship it right out. Since then I have contacted him twice and no response back. Now I have a customer waiting for his saw. Glad it worked out for you. That's the way it's supposed to be

I deal with Chris "duke" and have never got a bad or wrong part
Several guy's had issue's with red barn
On other forum's so i just never bought from them.

 

[logger450]

I deal with Chris "duke" and have never got a bad or wrong part
Several guy's had issue's with red barn
On other forum's so i just never bought from them.

I went on Dukes site but they don't sell popup pistons. I gotta get a lathe this summer so I can make my own

 

[Czed]

I went on Dukes site but they don't sell popup pistons. I gotta get a lathe this summer so I can make my own

What saw?
https://www.sawsalvage.co/collections/performance-parts?page=2

 

[logger450]

What saw?
https://www.sawsalvage.co/collections/performance-parts?page=2

372 non xtorq 50mm

 

[exSW]

Pretty sure some of Dukes stuff is LRB. Same box. Used both have no troubles with either.

 

[Lightning Performance]

Never bought from LRB but Cris bought a saw from me years ago and I do hope to use his parts service in the future.

No worries

 

[Lightning Performance]

I bought his aftermarket Poulan 5400 piston kit, the ring end gaps are over a mm brand new. These are thick 1.5mm rings, not the OEM thin rings, but I knew that going in.

Sent them back, but got replacements that are the same. Lee said I had a worn out cylinder, lol.

So needless to say, I’d never buy anything from them again. Pure *f-word in lack of quality control.

Why not run better rings?

Seems to me rings are more of a problem than heavy pistons, poor casings and other issues. The piston will never wear correctly with blow by at the ring or rings.

Second on my list would be the wrist pin clips. Some AM companies use decent wire some don't. This stuff would worry me more than some of the the other fixable issues.

 

[afleetcommand]

The "duke" dude sells the same stuff btw.. so if its more palatable to buy vec from him...

 

[Shortfuze82]

I just messaged Lee again on the wrong piston he sent me. Not a word back. I will be getting ebay involved in this one. Crap shoot weather he sends you the right parts I guess.

Give him some time he’s still getting over a pretty bad sinus infection from a few weeks back, he will make it right trust me .

 

[Johnny J]

I haven't seen any issues. My first "Golf" (VEC) was for a Jonsered 820. Ran it ripping planks and general sawing for a season. I read "theoretical" issues all the time about them. Nothing that translates into actual demonstrable failure though. Lots of theory tossed around. For my part they have all worked to this point in time.

 

[Johnny J]

Hi guys. New here. I’m rebuilding an old 820 Jred that’s been in the family since new. It had a scored cylinder and chewed up piston. I was able to secure a clean OEM cylinder but the piston I found is old style with thin rings. Looks like hens teeth to find those rings. So I’m trying a Red Barn piston. Any advice you can give me is appreciated!