Al Smith
Here For The Long Haul!
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I own two of them but I suppose I've worked on several dozen .There's a couple of tricks but that aside very easy to work on IMO.Many failures can be traced to worn out main bearings .
The roller bearings have a fiber thrust washer that eventually wears out allowing side slop which takes out the seals and thus they lean out.It used to be around 60 bucks OEM Stihl .About 2 hours to peel down to the bones and replace the parts and back together . Cheap if you factor in what they fetch if in good shape .Once you cook the top end then it gets expensive . If in a pinch you could replace the PTO side seal and prolong a tear down but it will only be a band aid so to speak . Best little trim saw ever made IMO but you have to stay on top of them . These little rascals are like Arabian horses ,born to run but fickle as a teenage prom queen .
The roller bearings have a fiber thrust washer that eventually wears out allowing side slop which takes out the seals and thus they lean out.It used to be around 60 bucks OEM Stihl .About 2 hours to peel down to the bones and replace the parts and back together . Cheap if you factor in what they fetch if in good shape .Once you cook the top end then it gets expensive . If in a pinch you could replace the PTO side seal and prolong a tear down but it will only be a band aid so to speak . Best little trim saw ever made IMO but you have to stay on top of them . These little rascals are like Arabian horses ,born to run but fickle as a teenage prom queen .
