Titan Chainsaw won't pull

[Shaffick]

Hi all,

I have a Titan TTL759CHN chainsaw. For some strange reason my chainsaw won't pull when I pull the chord. It's as if the engine has seized up.

When I remove the pull chord assembly, I've noticed that the flywheel is stuck. I can free it up by using a socket. Once this has freed up it will turn over by hand and won't seize up. When I refit the pull chord assembly and attempt to pull, after 3-4 pulls it seizes up again. There is nothing wrong with the pull chord assembly as once its removed it'll pull nice and freely.

My question is why does the flywheel seize up only for it to free up with a socket applied and seize up again?.

[pleasant]

It's a Titan I'm afraid.

 

I know that's not much help.....but it's honest.

[pleasant]

Seriously though.....whip out the plug and see it it pulls over normally. Take the muffler off and inspect condition of piston. Both easy first jobs

[Shaffick]

5 minutes ago, pleasant said:

Seriously though.....whip out the plug and see it it pulls over normally. Take the muffler off and inspect condition of piston. Both easy first jobs

Hi there,

I've done both. With the plug removed it still seizes up. The piston seems fine. I can't understand why it seizes up and frees off only to seize up again.

[pleasant]

Flywheel not on correctly fouling the engine casing during rotation? Crank bearing failed or failing. Bent crank....causing clutch or flywheel to foul casing during rotation. Failed clutch drum bearing....again causing the drum to semi lock during rotation? Loose ignition coil causing fouling of the flywheel....particularly on the magnets during rotation

[Shaffick]

6 minutes ago, pleasant said:

Flywheel not on correctly fouling the engine casing during rotation? Crank bearing failed or failing. Bent crank....causing clutch or flywheel to foul casing during rotation. Failed clutch drum bearing....again causing the drum to semi lock during rotation? Loose ignition coil causing fouling of the flywheel....particularly on the magnets during rotation

Thanks all the same

[GarethM]

If you're buying a very cheap chainsaw from the screwdlefix, best going electric as there's is bugger all to break or petrol ones from Aldi at £59.

 

You get what you pay for at the end of the day. Just remember it's not the chainsaw you'll also need to spend money on its the safety gear, you need both!.

[Shaffick]

1 hour ago, GarethM said:

If you're buying a very cheap chainsaw from the screwdlefix, best going electric as there's is bugger all to break or petrol ones from Aldi at £59.

 

You get what you pay for at the end of the day. Just remember it's not the chainsaw you'll also need to spend money on its the safety gear, you need both!.

It's been a good chainsaw for a couple of years. Why do I need an electric chainsaw when I work remotely?. I'm sure Titan is more reliable than an Aldi one.

Pretty poor advice really

[GarethM]

You can take my advise or not, but Aldi will pretty much give you a new one within two years if it fails. Screwdlefix would laugh you out the door even five minutes after buying it.

 

And without sullying the name of cheap chainsaw brands, most are all made in the same factory to a old husqvarna design with outboard clutch.

 

I got 15years out of my last ms251, so make of that what you will. YMMV, but that was 15 years and about 3000+m3 of firewood.

Edited October 9, 2022 by GarethM

[Shaffick]

35 minutes ago, GarethM said:

You can take my advise or not, but Aldi will pretty much give you a new one within two years if it fails. Screwdlefix would laugh you out the door even five minutes after buying it.

 

And without sullying the name of cheap chainsaw brands, most are all made in the same factory to a old husqvarna design with outboard clutch.

 

I got 15years out of my last ms251, so make of that what you will. YMMV, but that was 15 years and about 3000+m3 of 

Oh well. Thanks for all of that. Your advice will definitely get my chainsaw up and running. As for wearing safety gear, I never knew you had to?...🤔