Husqvarna 44 - General Questions and Advice

[pleasant]

I used to go to school with Flex Hone....nice lad. Was best mates with Matt Paint, Mark Down, and some girl called Ophelia Balls.

 

 

 

[spudulike]

OK, the piston is toast. There is a lot on this site about cleaning the transfer off cylinder bores.

It is usually a case of taking the cylinder off, clean the bore with brake cleaner and apply acid or alkali to eat the aluminium transfer off the bore. If you have a "Score" which is a line CUT through the cylinder plating then the cylinder is scrap. Most often, the transfer can be eaten away using chemical and then the oxide removed with wet and dry emery paper....200-400 grit is about right. I usually hone the bore after this but a good rub with a coarse grit paper will work - around the bore, not up and down. 

As others have said, you need to ensure the saw doesn't have an air leak or another issue as all your work could go south very quickly!

[adw]

5 minutes ago, pleasant said:

I used to go to school with Flex Hone....nice lad. Was best mates with Matt Paint, Mark Down, and some girl called Ophelia Balls.

 

 

 

Behave.

[pleasant]

Just now, adw said:

Behave.

Ok 

[peatff]

14 hours ago, pleasant said:

I used to go to school with Flex Hone....nice lad. Was best mates with Matt Paint, Mark Down, and some girl called Ophelia Balls.

 

 

 

 

Was Fanny Barber there as well ?

[PerryN]

Hi, I have an old white top Husqvarna 44 Practica.  Does anyone know if the same clutch assembly and needle bearing was used in the 45 model?  I don't see many parts listed for my 44, mainly only for the 45.  Thank you for any help.

[adw]

44 was the semi pro version of the 444, obviously that crank was the same, the 45 however was a completely different saw so I do not think the clutch and bearing will be the same.

[PerryN]

Thank you, I appreciate the info and help!