Ms261 clutch spring? Easy to replace?

[likeitorlumpit]

Those bloody 261's

We heard about the batch differences yesterday.

Why they continued to sell them is beyond me.

Sprocket/ needle bearing and oil pump. What were Stihl thinking of.

[jamesfwpurdy]

Just a little update, it went through another bearing so I called up ATS garden machinery near Horsham, Sussex who was my nearest Stihl dealer (after the one I bought it from!). I explained what had happend and asked if it coukd be that I was doing something wrong, which was answered with a "no it sounds like one of the dodgy batch, bring it in".

 

They looked at it and after a few minutes they explained the clutch drum/crank situation.

 

Although I had to wait for a few weeks for the parts from Germany I now have a saw with a new crank, drum with spur sprocket, new updated carb(as apparently the old one caused problems idling) and all the extra little bits.

 

Even though Id had the saw since 2010 this was all done under warranty by ATS so much praise to them and I cant wait to try it out tommorrow