545 crankshaft failure

[Acerforestry]

I use a couple of Mk1 Husky 545's for small felling, this am. one stopped dead in the woods and on stripping it down the clutch just fell on the floor when the brake cover came off. The crankshaft sheared just above the height of the needle bearing; is this really a viable or worthwhile repair considering the saw has a fair few hundred hours on it, I rang a local dealer for a price on a crank, but not heard back yet.

[spudulike]

It will be expensive on parts and labour, can't see it being viable on an old machine even with a short bottom end replacement.

[Acerforestry]

Thanks spud, probably should have mentioned I can handle most of the strip down and a mate is an ag engineer, he would reassemble. That said, apparently the parts are steep anyway according to the Husky dealer

[adw]

Crank retail £126.90 + vat

Gasket set £10.74 + vat

Bearings and seals come with the crank

[Acerforestry]

Christ the thing is spares repairs on fleabay then! It's only worth 200 in running order

 

[spudulike]

I did say........!

[Dan Maynard]

Get in quick on FRJones, they have a few 550xpg mk1 at 337.50+vat you can swap your bar and chain across.