Husqvarna 2100

[Brownpot Deaton]

I'm new to this site, but i have followed it for for a while and love it! anyways, i bought a husky 359 and put a non cat muffler on it for the work we are going to be doing next semester, but we "needed" a big saw, since the 288xp is technically not ours(I hope he doesnt want it back anytime soon)...so i bought a used husky 2100 for $200. anyways, i am hopeing to get time to take it apart in the next 2 weeks if school allows, but my main curiosity is 1)WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE THIN RING PISTON version. i have yet to see someone say why buying a whole new assembly is worth the extra money?2)HOW DO YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE? because i plan to totally disassemble it clean it and put it together. and by the way, i dont have a camera so i cant provide pictures...at the moment...but it they may not help initially because i am pretty sure it was a fixer up saw ... has a orange handle with a rubber grip....

as for y do i have a chainsaw and go to school,..i go to Texas A & M, and since the school no longer supports Bonfire on campus after it fell and all the law suits, we do it under a nonprofit organization with NO AFFILIATION WITH TEXAS A & M and my job is to operate the chainsaws and keep an eye out for safety. long story short im one of the only 5 guys that operate chainsaws for whatever reason we need them (cutting down dangerous trees, trees too large to carry, topping and butting trees to make them fit right,etc...)and man do we put them through their paces!!! ..sorry but if anyone wonders....

 

[romeo]

I have a thick ring 2100 and a thin ring 2100. When both were stock the thin ring showed a little more power than the standard, I think (they didn't stay stock for long). It could have meant a few tenths in racing but that is about it. If you are going to use this saw for work a thick ring piston will do fine for you, besides "if" you can find a thin ring piston it will cost you 10 times as much. I have also seen hot roded thick ring 2100's that would eat a stock thin ring 2100 for lunch.

 

[Bluehill logger]

1)WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE THIN RING PISTON version. i have yet to see someone say why buying a whole new assembly is worth the extra money?
2)HOW DO YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE?

1)The thin ring piston in a 2100 (or any other saw) provides a couple benefits over a thick ring piston. The first is a higher speeds there is reduced friction due to less surface area of the ring contacting the cylinder. Less friction pretty much translates into more power and Secondly a thin ring piston to a degree prevents ring flutter. Ring flutter is more prevalent when using thicker rings. With that said.... what this means for you is not much. In a work saw you will probably never know the difference. BUT if your gonna set that saw up for racing then yes it may matter.


2)measure the thickness of the ring. I'm not sure of the difference but someone will chime in.

As a side note if you do find you have a thin ring 2100. your saw is worth more than the $200 you paid for it

 

[SawTroll]

The 2101xp was rated at 6.7hp - was the "thin ring" 2100 higher rated????

 

[Bluehill logger]

The 2101xp was rated at 6.7hp - was the "thin ring" 2100 higher rated????

This I can't answer for sure, but I don't see why it would be. Because the 2100 thin ring was only unusual because it had a thin ring, not because of other changes. I can't actually see a thin ringed piston making a significant different is hp ratings if this is the only change.