Help me identify this saw?
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I don`t mess with enough of this series of saws but it looks like an 045 that is now sitting in parts under a bench here. Hopefully someone with much more experience on these vintage saws can confirm.
A 045 with chain brake is very rare. So likely it’s not a 045, I’m like 75% sure. Thanks for your input though!
That does not look like a chainbrake from here, just a hand guard. Does it have any linkage to a brake band around the clutch?
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Well you know I'm not much on Stihls but after searching Acres and looking at a blown up pic of a 045AV (which appears to be the same as the OP's) there looks to be a linkage that attaches to the slot in the hand guard and the brake assembly is in the clutch cover. So it would seem that the spring loaded hand guard is both a hand guard and part of the chain brake system.
It does have chain brake, just not pictured with it. I plan to swap the chain brake to my 056 magnum, read my first post.
From where I sit I cannot see a linkage but possibly something fits into the slot of that hand guard that might connect to an arm or linkage, if so then a pic of the brake band in the clutch cover would have been good to have included in with the first set of pics. I like my Stihl saws but they are from the late 80`s on forward, the old stuff wasn`t worth the effort to find parts for them so they would never make me money on a paying job.
Intriging for sure so I went over to Duggans site and lo and behold, at the 2 minute mark,
That goofy looking thing on the clutch is part of an 045AV "quickstop" setup if I recall right, so probably an 045.
If it’s 045 with chain brake I’ll be more thrilled than just a regular 056. Hopefully it’s a super!
Doh! I forgot I'd saved this info awhile back: 056's had loose bar plates, 045's had them captured by the bar studs.
Also, you'll probably need to swap the clutch over to your saw as well.
Only worked on one 045 and one 056 super - from memory the 056 had an exhaust outlet behind the clutch, the 045 didn’t? Someone can confirm this with certainty I’m sure.
A bit more info on these series of saws I found ,https://www.arboristsite.com/threads/stihl-info-on-045-056.372346/
Not sure I get it. I have a 045 with loose plate. And the 056 has the plate held down by a screw, and the unknown saw has the plate held down by the studs. First 2 pics 045, third one unknown saw and last one 056 mag.
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I’ve seen 045 super and 056 super they don’t have exhaust outlet behind the clutch, only the 056 magnum has that kinda exhaust. I have some more pictures you can double check.
