What's on your bench?

[dustinwilt68]

Stihl 066 crank has a bad rod bearing on it
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[RI Chevy]

How does one go about changing a rod bearing? Easy? Hard?

 

[dustinwilt68]

You just swap the entire crank. Atleast that's my plan

 

[RI Chevy]

Good idea

 

[odin]

Stihl 066 crank has a bad rod bearing on it
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That car mat is absolutely righteous!! Love it!!

 

[huskyboy]

Stihl 066 crank has a bad rod bearing on it
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What do you think caused it?

 

[dustinwilt68]

That car mat followed me home from my mentors, I am guessing by the looks of it that it was ran hard and built heat in it from the PTO side and caused the failure, the oil pump couldn't be seen when I tore it down it was packed full of dirt which in my mind just helped hold the heat in more

 

[huskyboy]

That car mat followed me home from my mentors, I am guessing by the looks of it that it was ran hard and built heat in it from the PTO side and caused the failure, the oil pump couldn't be seen when I tore it down it was packed full of dirt which in my mind just helped hold the heat in more

I did noticed inboard clutch saws like to pack material up in there if not cleaned once in a while

 

[dustinwilt68]

They have there good and bad points I think, I really like a nice 066, they just have a feel I like about them, one of my favorite Stihls for sure.

 

[RI Chevy]

When I cut with my saws, I thoroughly clean them at the end of the day before putting them away. I use air and blow all chips and dust out and off the saw. But I am a bit over the edge. LOL
Nothing like a good running Stihl. [emoji106]

 

[Bilge Rat]

Most people don't clean OPE.
That clutch area is near the chain, something else they don't mess with either.

Car mats work and rubber conveyer belt .

My bench has 1 backpac blower and 5 or 6 hammers on it.
Blower looks like new but no spit, cough, or sputter.
Good spark, 130lbs comp, 2 carbs.

Hammers were not used, yet.
Looks like the flywheel key sheared.
The magnets line up with the coil at about BDC

Now i need to make a puller.

 

[dustinwilt68]

This 066 was used by a logging crew, this is the second 066 I have gotten from them when they traded in on Husqvarna 390s, booth had bad cranks, last one ruined the topend, this one is good, so I got lucky on that part.

 

[RI Chevy]

Hmmm. Is it common for 066s to wear out crank and bearing?

 

[dustinwilt68]

Not sure of that but I am happy to keep getting there trade ins, oddly the rest of the saw seems to be in fairly decent shape for a logging crew, probably put a set of AM covers on it and the old style starter cover over the newer type that it has on it now.

 

[T.Roller]

When I cut with my saws, I thoroughly clean them at the end of the day before putting them away. I use air and blow all chips and dust out and off the saw. But I am a bit over the edge. LOL
Nothing like a good running Stihl. [emoji106]

Yeap inboard clutch saws like to pack *s-word behind the clutch, blowing around the drum only makes it worse. Traps everything behind the drum

 

[rattler]

When I cut with my saws, I thoroughly clean them at the end of the day before putting them away. I use air and blow all chips and dust out and off the saw. But I am a bit over the edge. LOL
Nothing like a good running Stihl. [emoji106]

Jeff I am not being a smart A here but folks that use a saw 8 10 hours a day 6 days a week just dont take time to clean them till some starts going wrong I am like you I try to keep mine clean but I dont make a living using a saw every day of the week hope this makes sence.

 

[RI Chevy]

I understand fully sir. Need to take care of your equipment though. I do construction on the side and I most always use air and blow off saw dust etc off the tools. Try and keep them running like new.
Guys have to realize. No saw, no work. A little bit goes a long way. Take a little pride in themselves and their equipment. Or someone else's equipment. [emoji106]

I am just optimistically thinking. Lol
But I fully understand what you conveyed. [emoji482]

 

[Stump Shot]

Shop...

House...

 

[rattler]

I heard a old caller say he use to put 5 gal of mix thru his saw if I remember right it was a day but I might be wrong that's a lot of cutting

 

[tickbitintn]

I understand fully sir. Need to take care of your equipment though. I do construction on the side and I most always use air and blow off saw dust etc off the tools. Try and keep them running like new.
Guys have to realize. No saw, no work. A little bit goes a long way. Take a little pride in themselves and their equipment. Or someone else's equipment. [emoji106]

I am just optimistically thinking. Lol
But I fully understand what you conveyed. [emoji482]

This is how I try to treat my equipment...

I worked for a couple tree services for a while and still managed to keep my stuff up after the daily grind.... (Usually while waiting for them to show up to the job site..)

Other guys had maintenance related issues quite often.... They got pissed when they found out I was being paid more per hour than they were after a short time...
I was getting stuff done while they were F-ing around with there saws...

Usually being hired as supplemental labor I was also using my own equipment where they were using company stuff that they couldn't care less about...
An equipment breakdown was a break for them I guess....

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