I've actually spent money on Remington and Lombard saws, so I certainly wouldn't say popular culture sways my choices?
with that much gap I would not run it, the wrist pin bearing walking out that far leaving the piston improperly supported on one side would be a issue for me.
Yes sir, I have a legit 038 magnum and I love that saw. Has always been reliable and ran great. More of a low rpm torque saw as that's how mine runs anyway but I've never yet seen the 038 kit saw up close. I just got a 460 from holzfforma and I bought it whole instead of in a kit this time as I wanted a full wrap handle for the same price as the kit that doesnt come with one,however I bought a hyway pop up,caber rings,oem needle bearings s and used the hyway circlips,and wrist pin. Also a hyway gasket kit. So b4 even running it i tore it all down and checked everything. Crank case looked great, crank was nice and smooth after all ended up being air tight also. I put it together yday and started breaking it in pig rich with lots of oil. Runs good. The only gripe I have so far is the dam high idle when starting is wide open just like my 660 kit saw (neo tech) was before I fixed it by filing some of the interlock down. Other then that I've now got a tank plus of fuel thru it and started to do some cutting with it until it started to rain just now. Also waiting for a 25 inch holz bar amd chain to show up for it as ive never used there bars or chains so that'll be a review for sure that I'll report on. P.s all paid for out of my pocket,and not given or gifted to me. The other problem I have is the full wrap handle was bent or mis shaped from the factory as my knuckles would hit the brake handle just holding it normally. So the ebay seller is sending me a new one. I also ordered west coast kit for it which consists of there 3 pt dogs,bark box,chain catcher and whatever else there little bundle comes with. Love them stihl scrench holders too for the $12. This saw seems to run just as good as my 660 minus all the weight. I'd like to get a better air filter for it like I did the 660. And maybe a tank guard setup. We will see. Also sorry for the delay everyone,I did finish the 036 and it ran great. I've since then sold it and plan to maybe rebuild the 372x torq at some point. If not I'm gonna try to save up for a top handle saw. Would be handy. Has anyone had any experience with the 200t clone? Or any other top handle saws for around the same $200 to $300?
I'm also now noticing that the piston has 2 different style circlips in it! Is that a factory thing or I'm assuming someone must have already been inside this saw? The tag says it's a 2016 model 372
Yes I did and that post of still a chinese knock off. I been thru a few of those before buying a zama and making it work. It does run way better now. I still dont think its 100% what it should be but it is what it is at this point lol
The only am stuff that will keep up is meteor, every single other kit had to be set at a lower rpm than stock. I have had 2 aftermarket p/c kits soft seize trying to set them up at stock max rpm (my ears and gut told me not to). They were wearing the max recommended bar fully buried in hard red oak. All stihls, maybe husqy is different because of design differences?
damn that thing ate some ball bearings !
Ft pistons seem okay as with some of there other parts are okay also. Most of the cylinder s I've encountered where okay except this most recent ms 460 I bought complete and tore down the last day or so it needed quite a bit of port cleaning and filing,also the cylinder wall coating or whatever er it is or was they have on them like like different colors in spots like it was stained or something I'm not really sure. I should have taken pictures of that but I was sorta antsy to get it put back together and fired up. So that's what I did. If it ends up popping 1 day then I'll go meteor or hyway titanickel or something because I plan to keep this saw and run it almost daily during the summer. The piston that it came with looked good also. As did my 660 piston but the 660 is a "neo tech" kit I bought not actually farmer tech or holzfforma. They might be the same I have no clue. First picture is holzfforma (farmer tech) piston that came in my 460. Second pic is the neo tech piston and rings that came in my 660. Neo te h seems to be higher quality feels nicer,looks a little better and I'm not sure but picture 3 has what appears to be hyway rings. Hy on the rings like some of the hyway rings I've used. The 660 piston had an hour maybe of run time before I swapped it out for the pop up and caber rings.
Indeed! I too like to try and take care of my stuff. Always blow the saw dust and gunk out of my saws and so on after using them.
Hell yea the lower rod bearing flew apart after the rod cracked or maybe all at once! I'm not sure but it was catastrophic lol
The pistons on some models have a circlip with no ears on one side and a clip with ears on the other. I’m guessing they’re getting rid of 50% of the potential failure rate by not having the ear on one side. Or maybe the ears cost more to produce
My most used saw is a top handle, I use Echo - yours are better (but heavier).
Yea I do too on the larger carb thing. I have the larger carbs aftermarket but youd need a 272 intake block and screws and itll hook up but the choke lever womt work right or fit and neither does the 372 air filter. I'd like a top handle for climbing and just some overall smaller stuff 1 handed cutting etc. All the other saws I have for the most part are felling, and firewood saws. And then i have a couple climbing saws
