Quick MS440 MS460 044 046 crankcase ID pics

[Definitive Dave]

Easy ways to tell a saw apart without cleaning a number and looking it up when there are no badges or tank handle to tell them apart.
Sometimes you need to figure out what a saw is based on a crappy online pic and these "cheats" help me.
I am sure there are more.

the corners on the 044 /440 are behind the recoil so if you can see the corner next to the brake handle it is a 046/460, to tell the 10mm vs 12mm 044 you really need to remove the recoil or look at it from the top between the muffler and recoil corner.

Bottom of crankcase

DD

 

[Moparmyway]

Picture #2 is worth its weight in gold ................ well done Sir !!

 

[noshow74]

Thanks for the information. Going to have to check mine. I know it has angled fins. This will finally answer my question of 10mm or 12mm.

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[nstueve]

Of course you have jerks (like me) mixing and matching crankcase 1/2's and sticking in whatever crank is available or best from the 2 crankcases...

Great post Dave!

 

[Definitive Dave]

Oh I am guilty of that too, but if somebody who knows at least a little about saws is selling a saw they will at least know what saw it is, whereas if I see a random saw on CL for 200.00 I want to know which saw it is before I call some stranger to haggle
I need to grab a bunch more pics for telling the difference by different parts and the differences between the 064 066 and MS660. All of those used to puzzle me when a saw had no top cover badge. Heck I once bought an 064 thinking it was an 044 and came on here to brag, just in time to be educated on my good fortune
DD

 

[Trx250r180]

Oh I am guilty of that too, but if somebody who knows at least a little about saws is selling a saw they will at least know what saw it is, whereas if I see a random saw on CL for 200.00 I want to know which saw it is before I call some stranger to haggle
I need to grab a bunch more pics for telling the difference by different parts and the differences between the 064 066 and MS660. All of those used to puzzle me when a saw had no top cover badge. Heck I once bought an 064 thinking it was an 044 and came on here to brag, just in time to be educated on my good fortune
DD

I think i remember that

 

[cgraham1]

I once bought a saw that the owner insisted was an 044...

 

[nstueve]

I once bought a saw that the owner insisted was an 044...
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Clint,
Your 7900 is too clean... go use it! We don't need those husky logo's polluting our Dolmars!!!

 

[Mastermind]

Great stuff Dave.

 

[cgraham1]

Bump for some good info here.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

I once rebuilt the top end of a saw for the owner of this saw, it was an 066, had to be because I ordered 066 parts for it. That's why I wondered if this ms440 was in reality his 066 but guess not. I assume the 044 and 066 take different flywheels, the one piece, not the plastic ones.

 

[albert]

Also the 044 has a hole for the oil pipe on the bar pad, 046 does not.

 

[joesomthin]

I hate digging up an old thread, but can someone confirm some MS440's came with the II mark on the bottom of the case? My saw has a slant above the oil fill. When I bought it I thought it was a 440 and then I saw the II mark and was wondering if it was a 460.

 

[joesomthin]

Nobody?

 

[tspeedle]

I hate digging up an old thread, but can someone confirm some MS440's came with the II mark on the bottom of the case? My saw has a slant above the oil fill. When I bought it I thought it was a 440 and then I saw the II mark and was wondering if it was a 460.

Nobody?

Just found this thread, so here’s your answer: newer 440 crankcases have the II mark on the bottom as well…

 

[joesomthin]

Just found this thread, so here’s your answer: newer 440 crankcases have the II mark on the bottom as well…

Thank you!