MS260 engine rebuild kit

[Al Cormack]

Anyone used one of these kits to rebuild a 260? Are they any good, or chinese trouble....

 

Stihl Cylinder Assemblies - Stihl 026, MS260 Engine Rebuild Kit

[spudulike]

Anyone used one of these kits to rebuild a 260? Are they any good, or chinese trouble....

 

Stihl Cylinder Assemblies - Stihl 026, MS260 Engine Rebuild Kit

 

The gaskets will be OK as the seals probably will be, no idea about the crankshaft but my experience on cylinders and pistons isn't very good, generally the pistons are a bit sloppy in the bore and wont make the same compression as the OEM one, the port beveling is a bit rough and dont reckon the plating will last as the OEM will.

 

When a saw seizes, I would always re-use the OEM cylinder if possible with a quality piston. I have used the chinese ones before but have had issues with rings being brittle, badly formed ring ends and sloppy fit.

 

You get what you pay for - second user parts are a better bet IMO

 

What parts are you specifically after?

[Rich2484]

The gaskets will be OK as the seals probably will be, no idea about the crankshaft but my experience on cylinders and pistons isn't very good, generally the pistons are a bit sloppy in the bore and wont make the same compression as the OEM one, the port beveling is a bit rough and dont reckon the plating will last as the OEM will.

 

When a saw seizes, I would always re-use the OEM cylinder if possible with a quality piston. I have used the chinese ones before but have had issues with rings being brittle, badly formed ring ends and sloppy fit.

 

You get what you pay for - second user parts are a better bet IMO

 

What parts are you specifically after?

 

agree 100% with the Chinese pistons, I've used them once and never again, the rings broke and seized the saw within 5 mins of running in. And they badly scored the cylinder leaving no choice but to end up scraping the saw and cannibalising it for spares for other saws.

 

It was a ms260 by the way.

[JAMIE1]

I once bought a 026 clyinder and piston kit from the a seller on ebay uk who is based in hong kong and the quality was horrendous, very poor castings, the machining was as rough as, and the spark plug and decopm threads were well oversize. I would never buy an after market mechanical part again. Wouldnt even use their gaskets and crank seals either.

[Timbur]

My chainsaw repairer says "NO!"

He's got a rebuild of the same saw and won't touch them from experience.

Go Stihl, go sh Stihl or buy twice!

Tim