Just a nut
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Well, that sucks!
barfer
I like chopping wood
Ouchie
Would I be correct in assuming customer will be buying a new saw?
thompsoncustom
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Time to bust out the welder
Are you thinking drilling and tapping, adding a grade 8 and loc-tite?
Righty loosen lefty tighty oh it's probably lefty loosen righty tightly. I'll just get my heavy duty impact to do it
That's what I did with my S125c on the clutch side. Worked fine. I made a guide to drill dead center and used a LH tap.
I would like to see a working repair on one of these.
I can repair it. Put a new crankshaft in it.
Farmer tight with an impact?
Did you ask how?
Was the hardened crank a ***** to tap out?
Check to see if nut was cross threaded from factory?
Cut the nut in half and see if threads are good or not.
No way of knowing if owner put it on badly so really no claim can be made against Stihl.
Cut the nut in half and see if threads are good or not.
No way of knowing if owner put it on badly so really no claim can be made against Stihl.
Most crankshaft are induction hardened, so it's only the surface thats hard. The machine shop used to fix small engine cranks for guys all the time that snapped the external threads off like that. Never seen it worth it on a saw, but the garden tractor puller guys with k-series kohlers seemed to be good like that. We chucjed the crank in the lathe to do it. I'd be real carful doing it free hand. Not a lot of meat there if you screw it up.
I'd take a good look at the piston and cylinder before doing anything
