Husqvarna clutch/break cover

[Old WoodChip]

Back last winter I sent for one of them cheap copies and though for the price it was worth a try (big mistake) 

So it arrived looking the part, then thought the break handled looked an odd angle, fitted it and soon found there was no way this was going to work. When the break was activated the handle was in the right place for using the saw?, put the break off and it was tight to the handle, no room for you hand!. Head scratching time.

Took it to bits, very flimbsy but ok it was cheap.😕 Well the outcome was I had a replacement sent, which was exactly the same, so sent back and had a refund with them saying "must have been a faulty batch" .... it does happen I suppose.😩

So last week I wanted a few bits and it was almost as cheap to get them with a clutch cover as on their own and surely I wont end up with another piece of crap. 

The package arrived yesterday so last night I went to fit it, this time it came in two part with a small bag of fittings, no problem a two minuet job. 

Not a chance it was almost the same, not exactly at least you could hold the handle. So I decided to take the original Husqvarna break apart to compare, ok it was much better made and probably why its lasted 30 years, what was noticed was the pin (now this is hard to explain if you havent seen the workings) and it is what the activator part rubs on, it should still work but it was temperamental but all of a sudden it started working 😀 and at that point I  thought  "cracked it" time to leave it now and call it a night. 

Today it was on the bench looking nice and new and thought sod it, I will put it on the saw and give it a run. No chance it was exactly as the first, so now im thinking it would have saved money buying a genuine part first as last, and at my age I really should know better but the thought of having it so cheap was just too much. 

Has anyone else had these working out of the box or needed any work to make it useable? 

But to be honest it looks the part, just in reality it total crap.

If you read this far, thanks for your patients 😇 

[peatff]

It's a brake, break is what it would have done if it fitted.  I had some plastics from Farmertec which were o.k. but no moving parts so can't comment on the rest.

[Moose McAlpine]

Personally i'd only buy genuine.

 

It's your primary safety device. Worth saving a few quid only to find out it's shite right at the moment you really need it?

[Old WoodChip]

13 hours ago, Moose McAlpine said:

Personally i'd only buy genuine.

 

It's your primary safety device. Worth saving a few quid only to find out it's shite right at the moment you really need it?

it didnt get that far, yes genuine is the way to go

[spudulike]

17 hours ago, Moose McAlpine said:

Personally i'd only buy genuine.

 

It's your primary safety device. Worth saving a few quid only to find out it's shite right at the moment you really need it?

All day long and every day forever. You won't be thanking yourself for saving £30 when that saw kicks back and cuts through your forehead. 

Some of these Chinese parts are crap, the early MS200T manifolds I purchased went straight in the bin and now stick to the OEM part, the AV mounts are like plastic and shear from the metal mounting plate and I avoid anything to do with brake bands and chain brake parts.