New Stihl saws vs older Stihl saws

[grassguerilla]

Pfffttt! Soft bushings, hard bushings... Long as they ain't torn, or missing entirely I'm happy!

 

[Deets066]

Vibes don't bother me on any AV saw.


Now a non AV 090 is a different story

 

[Wood Doctor]

Vibes don't bother me on any AV saw. Now a non AV 090 is a different story

Every Stihl AV saw that I own runs today and I just sold an 045 AV electronic. Not sure why I did it. The dang thing was a strong horse and the new owner loves it.

 

[jake wells]

love my 041 FB no av and no electronic ignition.

 

[Lightning Performance]

My left forearm and wrist is rebuilt and does not like the 660 for hours on end. I'm game to try out the soft AV mounts this fall. Who and how much? Time to start a fall felling/bucking list of: this years needed tools.

1. smooth out my 660
2. keep eyes open for a cheap 461 to build

 

[Lightning Performance]

A 066 and 660 have a bad reputation for vibs,most that are vib monsters have old mounts that are hard as a rock.
A new set of soft mounts will make a new saw out of it.

I hope your right J. They seem soft to me. They dont get oiled and no cleaners. They are 15 years old oem stuff. No cracks or dry rot. All my saws were bought used or built from piles. This saw is all oem never rebuilt or anything. A tree hit it. Both handles and the top plastic got mushed. No broken AV. Installed used handles and plastics. I rarely break tools.

I found two like new saws and bought them. Seemed just like mine. Sold both. I had duplicates already back then. Only the 660 bothers me bucking for more than four hours. I tried other saws all day. Same result.

090 no AV,
yuck,... My left arm would fall off!

 

[jmssaws]

New mounts will make a big difference.

I made one cut with a 090 and my hands were numb. Insane vibs

 

[RI Chevy]

A saw that size is probably for felling and minor bucking only anyway.

 

[Lightning Performance]

We'er just young punks. Oldtimers lugged heavy hardware miles to buck giants all day long with 16:1 SAE 30 and leaded tutletriethalene or some poison there about. The Stihl Litning boys would have loved our saws lol.

 

[jake wells]

We'er just young punks. Oldtimers lugged heavy hardware miles to buck giants all day long with 16:1 SAE 30 and leaded tutletriethalene or some poison there about. The Stihl Litning boys would have loved our saws lol.

tetra ethyl lead you mean?

 

[jmssaws]

We'er just young punks. Oldtimers lugged heavy hardware miles to buck giants all day long with 16:1 SAE 30 and leaded tutletriethalene or some poison there about. The Stihl Litning boys would have loved our saws lol.

Up hill both ways in the snow

 

[jake wells]

New mounts will make a big difference.

I made one cut with a 090 and my hands were numb. Insane vibs

the poulan wildthing has worse vibes.

 

[jake wells]

Up hill both ways in the snow

5 miles either way.

 

[MustangMike]

My left forearm and wrist is rebuilt and does not like the 660 for hours on end.

If I were you, I would try out a 661, great performance and very smooth. Do not chince when it comes to your long term physical health.

 

[Deets066]

New mounts will make a big difference.

I made one cut with a 090 and my hands were numb. Insane vibs

The one you ran was an AV model, still vibes like crazy.

You should run the non AV some time. Almost vibrates the saw outa your hands

 

[Deets066]

the poulan wildthing has worse vibes.

Doubtful

 

[treesmith]

I had a ported 660 and in hard ozzie gum it vibed like crazy so I sold, funny thing is the 660s at work are nowhere near as bad, when I stopped and thought about it I remembered I was running full chis RS and at work we use semi RM, face palm moment, that saw was a beast

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[Brewz]

I had a ported 660 and in hard ozzie gum it vibed like crazy so I sold, funny thing is the 660s at work are nowhere near as bad, when I stopped and thought about it I remembered I was running full chis RS and at work we use semi RM, face palm moment, that saw was a beast

The 066 redlight I had was a great saw but it vibrated no matter what I did.
Put in new soft AV mounts, changed the clutch and sprocket, removed and cleaned the flywheel...... it still had this nasty uncomfortable high frequency vibration
I got a different flywheel to run an unlimited coil and it still did it so I sold it.
I recon it just had a balance issue somewhere and life is too short to run dud saws.
I have an 064 going together now to take its place

I am an 0xx series stihl fan.
Easy to fix and work on ,chop, modify and get parts for.

Speaking of 090 vibration, the one I just got running cannot be sat on the concrete at idle. I know its not advisable for any saw but this thing does not just jigger around and slowly rotate. It tries to jump about and I recon it would break its self.

 

[drf256]

Up hill both ways in the snow

Barefoot

 

[MustangMike]

I cut with a saw w/o AV for years, and still remember my hands vibrating uncontrollably for 10 or 20 minutes after I was done cutting on cold days.

To this day I can not stand a saw w/o AV, not even for 30 seconds at a GTG.

That said, I seem fine with saws with Rubber AV, however, everyone is different. (I also ALWAYS wear gloves when cutting).

If you have less tolerance for vibration, or use a saw for longer hours, I would highly recommend getting the smoothest operating saw possible, they are out there. Your health & safety is far more important than if your saw starts with an O or not.