STIHL The Official Stihl Chainsaws Thread

[singinwoodwackr]

Good luck, there’s a reason Stihl doesn’t really sell them separately and yes the face of the shoe where it rides on clutch wears just like the drum wears and gets sloppy. Especially on climbing saws where the throttle is on and off steady, the climbing saws I work on have the shoes groved from springs and are also needing springs just about once a year. The spurs get changed at least once a summer.

Yup, am aware of all that. I'm just trying to utilize some parts. I'm just asking.

 

[eric4]

Whelp my heat gun died right when I went to press my 462 cases together - one side at 300* and the other out of the freezer...
New heater on order, as well as some various m5 bolts to use the full threads of the case to pull itself together.

In the meantime, I restored an 026 red lever today, which turned out great! Hard to beat the feeling when a saw fires right up after a disassembly. The original piston still had full machining marks across, and didn't even have much carbon on the roof.

I even had time to build a hillbilly bark box for it. It'll probably get some black paint to hide the low-tier work. hah

 

[Sloughfoot]

Whelp my heat gun died right when I went to press my 462 cases together - one side at 300* and the other out of the freezer...
New heater on order, as well as some various m5 bolts to use the full threads of the case to pull itself together.

In the meantime, I restored an 026 red lever today, which turned out great! Hard to beat the feeling when a saw fires right up after a disassembly. The original piston still had full machining marks across, and didn't even have much carbon on the roof.

I even had time to build a hillbilly bark box for it. It'll probably get some black paint to hide the low-tier work. hah

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In the middle of an 026 build myself. It's been a fun and easy saw to work on, for the most part.

 

[eric4]

In the middle of an 026 build myself. It's been a fun and easy saw to work on, for the most part.

They are surprisingly easy! A big change from taking apart something like a MS441.

Seems like the air filter is a bit restrictive, so I plan to cut the original material, create more openings, and JB weld on some stainless mesh. Then wrap it with an oilable foam cover.

 

[lehman live edge slab]

They are surprisingly easy! A big change from taking apart something like a MS441.

Seems like the air filter is a bit restrictive, so I plan to cut the original material, create more openings, and JB weld on some stainless mesh. Then wrap it with an oilable

Mesh style winter filter on eBay for less than 20$

 

[lehman live edge slab]

One of the 500’s came in with the inner felling dog off. Was a 500r and I’m assuming the thing came loose and they were using the spikes to fell a big tree. Snapped the lower mounting screw off, the alloy screws may not be as tough but I guess the benifit was it drilled easily and I got it out with an easy out which I usually have less than stellar results with.