346 chainbrake spring

[Stubby]

Now you know why I don't ever use the chain brake ! My 346 is 2004 or something . Still on the original band .

[div_h]

I remember reading this months back and was very helpful when I took mine to bits to clean it👍

[div_h]

£45.98 plus vat!

 

Is this price for the silver side?

[Gerbutt]

When mine went I struggled to fit the new one but then found a vid on YouTube, doing it his was took about 5 mins.

 

 

Instead of using the metal bracket, I just put the cover on sideways to stop the spring popping.

 

 

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[adw]

Right refitting the band in a 300 series saw, befor you start, find two 13mm bolts lock the firmly in a vice spread open the same spacing as the brake, place the brake cover band upper most onto the upstanding bolts, secure with 2 bar nuts,this will now hold the brake, engage the brake to relax the spring as much as possible, you can use either a broken hand guard as a tool to do this, or remove the guard from the saw, there is a proper tool pt no. 502522202, now carefully remove the screws and spring cover, insert a small screw driver into the end of the spring and pry out so as the spring comes onto the screw driver blade, remove the e clip securing the knee link, remove the band, fit a new band and refit to the cover, dont forget the e clip, push the spring back into the brake, use a pair of long nose pliers, insert them into the end of the spring, use this to push the spring and compress it back into the cover, again there is a tool part no, 502506701, refit the spring cover, use the method at the beging of this to re load the brake, either the tool or hand guard, you could also take away the clutch and sprocket to enable you to fit the brake on the saw and use the hand guard

[Gerbutt]

The tool this chap has made at the end of his vid is spot on!

 

 

 

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[bobh]

The tool this chap has made at the end of his vid is spot on!

 

 

 

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That chap would be our very own Gardenkit 👍👍

[Gerbutt]

Gardenkit, you are a genius!!

 

 

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[GardenKit]

You are welcome.

[adw]

The last thing you should use to compress the spring is a screw driver, if that screw driver slips off the end of the spring it is going straight into his hand, which is why we never used this method during service training.