660 non gen pot and piston

[Dean O]

got a badly scored p+p on an ms660

 

any one have experience of fitting and using a non genuine barrel and piston

the price difference is huge.

 

will it last?

[MikeTM150]

Guess it depends on how much you use it, but personally i wouldn't. Its a fairish sized saw and if you work it hard i don't think they'll stand up to it. I wouldn't put the cheaper parts in my 880 if i could get genuine.

[agg221]

I've got a non-genuine pot and piston on my 066M from gardenhirespares. I told them when I bought it that it was for milling, so if it wasn't up to it they would be losing out on their one year guarantee. They said they were confident it would hold up well. No problems so far.

 

Same applies on the 044 which has been worked hard in the last year - must have put over 70l of fuel through it milling and had no problems.

 

Alec

[hamdogg]

I put new non genuine pot and piston in my 660 and it only lasted about 9months!!

[bobh]

did exactly the same as agg221, runs the mill fine.

[agg221]

I put new non genuine pot and piston in my 660 and it only lasted about 9months!!

 

Yes, but did you fully diagnose what caused the first one to fail?

 

Failure due to poor quality is simple wearing out. Failure due to air leaks, poor fuel, damaged air filter etc. won't be cured by fixing the symptoms.

 

Not meaning to suggest that you didn't check the above, and yes some of the non-genuine parts were previously very poor quality. The ones from gardenhirespares and MisterSolutions have both been pretty decent. Meteor ones are also pretty decent if you can get them.

 

Alec

[hamdogg]

Yeah see what you mean but it was an old saw so replaced it with a new one!:thumbup1:

[john p]

got piston n pot for 441 from mister solutions for 60 quid,no probs,50 ltrs later

[burrell_]

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