Husky 455 niggle

[stewmo]

hi there,

 

am curious if anyone can shed some light on this niggle with my husky 455 rancher....it is semi irregular but been thinking need to iron this one out for ages but not quite reached the top of the list...

so often i am using the saw and as i come to the end of cut the saw cuts out with a little click. then when i pull to restart there is very little resistance to the pull, after 2 or 3 or 4 pulls it has (i guessing here) moved the piston enough to have a good pull and restarts fine. then a little while later it does the same.

as i say its a niggle but if i was using it all day long it would be frustrating....

 

thnaks in advance

stew

[Stubby]

hi there,

 

am curious if anyone can shed some light on this niggle with my husky 455 rancher....it is semi irregular but been thinking need to iron this one out for ages but not quite reached the top of the list...

so often i am using the saw and as i come to the end of cut the saw cuts out with a little click. then when i pull to restart there is very little resistance to the pull, after 2 or 3 or 4 pulls it has (i guessing here) moved the piston enough to have a good pull and restarts fine. then a little while later it does the same.

as i say its a niggle but if i was using it all day long it would be frustrating....

 

thnaks in advance

stew

 

Decomp valve sticking / loose / faulty ( if it has one ) ?

[stewmo]

it does have one yes...i could see that that could cause the problem with restarting but the initial cutting out - would that be caused by that?

i just took a bit of a closer look at everything and i am also wondering if there is a slight oiling issue with it too and wondering if the chain was under-oiled and making everything work harder if it would also have an effect??

[adw]

The 455 had a few tank breather issues, it is always worth changing it and trying again, the breather is situated under the starter cover top r/h side, they never seemed to over oil so i have in the past increased the throw of the pump piston to increase oil flow.

[stewmo]

thanks mate. i'll check that out too.

 

got the bar oiling again and so give it a good run tomorrow and see how it goes....