After market top end

[Landi]

any body know anything about after market tops ends, are they junk. I scored the cylinder and piston in my huskey 365 and i dont really want to put $300 into it.

[tree_beard]

depends on who makes them...

 

tecomec make the best quality aftermarket stuff, followed by meteor, followed by epistan... all european, all good.

 

golf (and woodland pro) are a hit and miss afair, some good, some fine, some shockingly poor. As for the rest of the asian made white box no-name stuff... some fine, lots shoddy, lots very poor.

 

with all aftermarket stuff, check the casting quality before fitting to a saw, and compare to the original, as some of the defects are glaringly obvious.

 

 

i'd always use oem circlips, as the aftermarkets are usually inferior and the first thing to go south.

[Landi]

Hi thanks , Have you ever hear of NWP. I don't no a lot about the coatings they use. What i was looking at was a NWP big bore Cylinder assembly 52mm, NiSi coated cylinder and moly coated piston. Ductile iron rings. $114.00

[Ian C]

Have used non gen pot and piston kits from sellers on ebay for quite a while now with no problems at all.

[Dave38]

Depends on how badly scored the barrel is. Clean it up with some WD40 and 1200 grade sand paper used in circular motions!! it'll come back up a treat along with a new piston. A bit of elbow grease and a few extra quid in your pocket