Clutch spring hack

[AHPP]

50 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

Needle bearing probably once a week/fortnight, takes two seconds with Husqvarna no point in not doing it. 

 

Harder on Stihl. Had to (carefully) grip the splines on the clutch drum with water pump pliers and tap those to drift the drum off. Doing it often would unduly mar the splines. None of the manuals had any less destructive ideas. 

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[AHPP]

Someone take a picture for my curiosity please. Haven't been near a Husky in years.

[skc101fc]

6 hours ago, Stubby said:

 

 

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Operator error!

[skc101fc]

6 hours ago, Stubby said:

Been saying that for years . Acts like a lapping paste . 

Spot on. If you're going to grease, then do it weekly , to the point of squeezing out the excess dust and shit contaminated crap out, replacing with fresh clean grease. Wipe off grease nipples/torx bolts first to keep everything clean, and don't drag the nozzle of your grease gun through all the dust and gravel in your yard. Fail here and your just injecting grinding paste straight into the heart 

[GarethM]

6 minutes ago, skc101fc said:

Spot on. If you're going to grease, then do it weekly , to the point of squeezing out the excess dust and shit contaminated crap out, replacing with fresh clean grease. Wipe off grease nipples/torx bolts first to keep everything clean, and don't drag the nozzle of your grease gun through all the dust and gravel in your yard. Fail here and your just injecting grinding paste straight into the heart 

One would also assume the needle cage bearing are made of glass fibre not just for strength but effectively a glass bearing surfaces against the stainless needles.

 

They do make glass bearings for that reason, no lube ever required, usually the cage fails before the glass beads.

[5thelement]

1 hour ago, GarethM said:

One would also assume the needle cage bearing are made of glass fibre not just for strength but effectively a glass bearing surfaces against the stainless needles.

 

They do make glass bearings for that reason, no lube ever required, usually the cage fails before the glass beads.

Husqvarna needlecage bearings are still made from metal, Stihl only changed them around the time they updated to MS261/362 etc from the earlier models.