What happened here?

[Lakeside53]

It needs a special puller... easier to clean it on the saw. Purple cleaner and a garden hose wil make it look like new.

The clutch is likely why he used the bolt - coiled rope though the plug hole works best for that.

 

[ciscoguy01]

Thanks dude...

It needs a special puller... easier to clean it on the saw. Purple cleaner and a garden hose wil make it look like new.

The clutch is likely why he used the bolt - coiled rope though the plug hole works best for that.

I bought an older 288 and the wheel is filthy... I was trying to clean my 056 Mag's flywheel also and found it a pain in the rump too... This'll gimme something to do for the next couple days on my 11 saws, lmao...

I was worried about purple cleaner and the rubber seals, do I not have to worry about them with that damned stuff??

 

[oldsaw]

The other day I was going to pull my flywheel to clean it... How exactly do you get the flywheel off??? I'd never though of doing that with the bolt in the cylinder, but how else would you do it??? opcorn:

The only things to watch for when using the "rope trick", is to make sure that the piston is at least 1/2 way up in the cylinder so you don't stuff it through a port. I use a small screwdriver through the plug hole to guage where the piston is at. Coil some rope on top of the piston (funny how it just does it naturally, cylinders being round and all), you may have to twist it a bit to get it to feed in. Then, remember that a clutch is left handed thread. "Righty loosey"

Mark

 

[oldsaw]

I bought an older 288 and the wheel is filthy... I was trying to clean my 056 Mag's flywheel also and found it a pain in the rump too... This'll gimme something to do for the next couple days on my 11 saws, lmao...

I was worried about purple cleaner and the rubber seals, do I not have to worry about them with that damned stuff??

The purple stuff shouldn't cause any problems with seals.

Mark

 

[andrethegiant70]

Yup, cleaning the flywheels is a real pain. That gank can be absolutely fossilized. What is really needed is a teeny weeny stiff parts brush..... 'bout 1/3 the size of a toothbrush. Or maybe a tiny bottle-brush type arrangement with stiff plastic bristles. Maybe a hobby store has something like that.

For clutches I use the technique Oldsaw describes....so far I've gotten all of them without incident. I guess I should now go look for some wood to knock on.

 

[chainsawman]

you might want to check the reed plate block for missing screws cuz it definetly swallowed a screw

 

[oldsaw]

Yup, cleaning the flywheels is a real pain. That gank can be absolutely fossilized. What is really needed is a teeny weeny stiff parts brush..... 'bout 1/3 the size of a toothbrush. Or maybe a tiny bottle-brush type arrangement with stiff plastic bristles. Maybe a hobby store has something like that.

For clutches I use the technique Oldsaw describes....so far I've gotten all of them without incident. I guess I should now go look for some wood to knock on.

It doesn't get any safer than that. I've heard of piston stops breaking things, but not rope. Pressure is spread over wider area. If something breaks, it was screwed up beforehand.

Mark

 

[ciscoguy01]

Yep

Specially cause I've always heard that your flywheel draws in alot of air to cool the saw etc... I'm thinkin' with it filthy and clogged your saw is not running as efficiently??? opcorn: