what special Stihl tools are worth having?
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Rescue1
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That is a good one to have,and you don't have to fab the plates up.A lot of people forget to check the pressures in the case for leakdown,always in lieu of just compression.When I first started with 2-Stroke Jet-Skis and waverunners back in the day I always wondered why a cylinder would run lean and melt a piston with perfect compression and carburation,now I know better.Good thread to start BTW,hopefully there is more "special" tools out there I may need one day....
Fish
Tree Freak
Long t-handle torx-27 is a must
This one started out as a Stihl tool but has been adapted to suit.
It's just the standard torx key with the handle cut off and a 3/8" female to 1/4" made socket adapter welded on the end. The adapter has a hole thru it so a small piece of rod can be added as a handle or a 3/8" ratchet or torque wrench added.
It's just the standard torx key with the handle cut off and a 3/8" female to 1/4" made socket adapter welded on the end. The adapter has a hole thru it so a small piece of rod can be added as a handle or a 3/8" ratchet or torque wrench added.
HD-tech-NH
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Is there a tool to pull the clutch assembly?
stihl only
ArboristSite Operative
Just a socket and a piston stop to get the clutch off.
stihl only
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For doing vac and pressure checks, I do have a lot of home brewed block off plates. Sure, you can use the muffler with some rubber behind it, but I've found cylinder base gasket leaks that I wouldn't have been able to see with the muffler in the way.
If nothing is leaking, then the muffler works fine.
If nothing is leaking, then the muffler works fine.
Griffbm3
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Without a doubt, Flywheel puller... The proper Sthl one is a must of you own a couple of Stihls. It has saved my butt more than once. And they aren't expensive.
Jason
Jason
:agree2: +1, about 20 bucks. And some fit MANY models
If you don't have an extra set of hands the holder for the bottom of the piston (name escapes me, looks like a tuning fork) is indispensable when putting a Jug on. You can make one out of hardwood.
Wet1
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This one started out as a Stihl tool but has been adapted to suit.
It's just the standard torx key with the handle cut off and a 3/8" female to 1/4" made socket adapter welded on the end. The adapter has a hole thru it so a small piece of rod can be added as a handle or a 3/8" ratchet or torque wrench added.
I like that!
Net-Knight1
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Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
there are four different FW pullers... for what saw?
Net-Knight1
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Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
One day we'll have to show all the tools that have been mades from the carb screwdrivers we don't give to the customers:greenchainsaw:
Paul001
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Tools? Have to see all the toys my kids have made out of em
Suggestion, don't give your wife a necklace made out of them for your aniversery...
