Clone saw FYI

[Brownjeremy56]

Like some people I build clone Stihl and husqvarna saws. Most of us clone builders want to make a good quality saw, but understand certain parts in these kits are poor quality. The name of the game is to replace the cheap parts with OEM.

In the past I have replaced crank bearings with OEM, wrist pin bearings with OEM, pull cord with a cobra cord, decomp valves with OEM. Sometimes the piston wrist pin C clips are not great. Anyhow, that’ll usually get you a long lasting discount clone... but here’s a new one. (For me)

Stihl MS440 clone

Husqvarna 372xp clone

Both kits came with undersized bar side crank seals. Just a heads up for anyone doing this stuff.


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[Wood Doctor]

The bar side seal was undersized but the flywheel side was OK? Rather amazing. I thought both were supposed to be virtually identical. Stihl gives them the same part number.

 

[rustycj82]

If I am not mistaken the 440 is going to be under sized due to a bushing that goes on the crank.

 

[toadman]

Like some people I build clone Stihl and husqvarna saws. Most of us clone builders want to make a good quality saw, but understand certain parts in these kits are poor quality. The name of the game is to replace the cheap parts with OEM.

In the past I have replaced crank bearings with OEM, wrist pin bearings with OEM, pull cord with a cobra cord, decomp valves with OEM. Sometimes the piston wrist pin C clips are not great. Anyhow, that’ll usually get you a long lasting discount clone... but here’s a new one. (For me)

Stihl MS440 clone

Husqvarna 372xp clone

Both kits came with undersized bar side crank seals. Just a heads up for anyone doing this stuff.


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If I am not mistaken the 440 is going to be under sized due to a bushing that goes on the crank.

Yes.
The couple 044 clone kits I have made I thought that as well & made a fuss to farmertech about it... OEM parts are identical, as I found after buying some OEM from a dealership locally not wishing to wait for farmertech to send them.
but there's a bushing that slips in there on the crank side and corrects that.
Not the same as the 660 kits IIRC.

 

[Brownjeremy56]

Ah, a bushing goes in that side and it’s undersized because of that. Interesting. Well geez Em crow now I know


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[Wood Doctor]

My error -- it looks like on the MS441 at least that the two oil seals are different part numbers. Likely that's true on the MS 440 as well.

 

[Up_and_climber]

My error -- it looks like on the MS441 at least that the two oil seals are different part numbers. Likely that's true on the MS 440 as well.

I’ve got the blue clone at the house and recently repaired both sides seals. They are different sizes thus different numbers


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