You can't help but be impressed when you run these old torque monsters. And they're not slow either. These big ones are getting harder to find with AS having made them so popular.
Some of the best saws ever made!!!
You can't help but be impressed when you run these old torque monsters. And they're not slow either. These big ones are getting harder to find with AS having made them so popular.
Some of the best saws ever made!!!
Necessity is the mother of invention. Focused ADHD helps immensely. lol
I've got a question on my clutch assembly. I have two thrust washers, one on either side of the drum. One is smaller in diameter, but thicker. The other is larger in diameter, but thinner. Which one goes on which side? I had the large thin one against the worm gear, and the smaller one between the drum and clutch. I've switched them around now to see if it makes a difference. I'm thinking my drum/spur may be just a little too thick, and when they saw is used, it torques the clutch on tight enough to bind the drum.
Brad, you should have 3 washers if I remember right. A thin one on the back and a small thick one inside and a very large thin one against the clutch itself.
What brand spur sprocket do you have? I have had some trouble myself out of those Herr sprockets.
All my 4200/5200 saws have to be idled down pretty far to keep the clutch from wanting to engage. I even put new springs in them. It's not too bad a problem though and just kinda chock it up to the nature of the beast.
I'm missing the big one that goes on the outside of the clutch. I don't see a brand on the drum. I'm having no trouble keeping it from spinning the chain now. I did flip the flat springs over.
I'll look this weeked to see if the 245 used the same bigger washer, because I may have one of them.
We have not heard much about your project lately. Too busy porting I suppose.
I went out to the shop and ran mine earlier today. I need to get a big tree to use that thing on.
Keep us posted on how its going
I hate working on more than one saw at once, but I certainly understand wanting to only have the paint out once. That is the only drawback of using a spraygun. The results are worth it though. Are crank seals available for these?
I'm doing a little reviving of my own. Got this one tore apart yesterday and working in cleaning it up. The piston, cyl and crank are all in excellent conditon on this one.
Hopefully before the days over I'll have another tore down as well. If I do them both at the same time, I can paint them both at the same time as well saving some work later cleaning spray guns and such.
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