Stihl Drops The Ball

[beaglebriar]

you must like them for all the clam shells you do

Lol every firewood hack in the county has one. I just try to make the experience less miserable.

 

[Al Smith]

On the assembly line in germany they only assemble the same type of machine for some days and then setup the machines for the other model.
Its not a robot that puts the circlip in. One circlip is installed at the piston factory and one is installed at the saw assembly line with a pneumatic special tool by a worker.

That clip already in the piston is the same way automotive pistons are installed except it is a CNC machine that does the other side .Plus it can shift on the fly if they want it to .No robots on the ones I worked on .---Which is not to say there won't be at some time in the future .They could hand pin them if need be which they seldom did .
Fact being the hand pinners I made for little M10 clips were a copy of the the same style used for the M20 clips on the auto engines .Except they didn't hold the clips only shoved them in .

 

[MG porting]

Damn Stihls!!!

Yea they just suck don't they!!!!. Not!

 

[MG porting]

Junk.

They prolly got 8 year old Indonesian girls slapping these things together.

Bastards.

I thought they were 14.

 

[qurotro]

QC? Not so much.. Brand new 461 run LEAN and
(Pics from my old phone)

 

[Czed]

Has any replacement for flippy caps
Been introduced?
The one's on my 261 have been fine
But my old 290 and many 290/310/390 I've worked on
Wouldn't seat all the way
And would pop off.

 

[RI Chevy]

The AM ones DDave sells work well.

 

[Definitive Dave]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/323420048743



Dave

 

[Czed]

Was hoping someone invented a way to do away with flippy caps.

 

[RI Chevy]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/323420048743



Dave

Yessir! They work well. Easier to use too.

 

[CR888]

Was hoping someone invented a way to do away with flippy caps.

Not worried your wood could get pinched?

 

[tree monkey]

waste of a new chain

 

[huskihl]

waste of a new chain

And a Wood Boss bar...