After market parts v. Stihl original

[TreeswingerPerth]

Has anybody tried aftermarket parts for a 357 husky with any success as i have been told this is a waste of money and time cheers matt

 

I put a meteor piston into my mates 357 , cleaned up the cylinder . Been going like a train ever since . Meteor are very good quality so are episan and golf .

TS

[spudulike]

Has anybody tried aftermarket parts for a 357 husky with any success as i have been told this is a waste of money and time cheers matt

 

I always try to salvage the cylinder and then fit a Meteor piston, I have done this on many occasions on many saws and have had very good success with this.

 

Chinese pistons and cylinders are hit and miss - just had one that hasn't been machined on the top surface - terrible.... and it had seized.

 

Pistons should contain a specific proportion of Silicon to ensure hardness and if the Chinese can't be bothered to machine a top surface, how bothered are they in other quality aspects of these cheap products.

 

Anyway...whats wrong with the saw??

[mattkemp]

Striped the saw down and cylinder and head are both scored to hell must of had wrong fuel go through it but everything else what ran on the can using that mix still works fine