Husky 181 85cc bar size

[deezyboy]

Hi all,

 

Just had my 181 repaired, and the bloke put a slightly bigger piston in it to make it now an 85cc saw.

 

The saw is only used for bigger fells and cross cutting the larger bits I wood that I get,

 

What's the biggest bar you would put on it? I'm wanting as big as poss without abusing the poor girl, currently got a 28inch on her.

 

Cheers

[adw]

Husqvarna only go up to 28" on a 3/8, its not just the power issue, you have to see if the oil pump can cope with a longer bar, the 281 had a large front av spring to cope with longer bars

[SawTroll]

85cc doesn't sound right, likely a 87cc 288xp top end?

 

...or just a misunderstanding of what actually was done?

Edited October 9, 2014 by SawTroll

[deezyboy]

Thanks guys, personally I wouldn't know what it was in their, I'm just going off his instructions!

 

So without digging further, it's hard to tell at the mo whether it coul take a bigger bar or whether 28 inch is where I should keep it?

 

Cheers

[Lumberwolf]

We've got a 28 on ours but I wouldn't like to go bigger. That's about its limit I reckon. Ours is green cos it's ex army.

[adw]

The genuine 288xp cylinder has a deco valve, which was not fitted to the 181 or 281.

[Breezeblock]

We've got a 28 on ours but I wouldn't like to go bigger. That's about its limit I reckon. Ours is green cos it's ex army.

 

we've got one like that as well snap did you buy from the bloke in st andrews ours knackered the piston and barrel last year and i fitted the 288 barrel and piston

[Lumberwolf]

we've got one like that as well snap did you buy from the bloke in st andrews ours knackered the piston and barrel last year and i fitted the 288 barrel and piston

 

I'm not too sure tbh. I think it was bought at an auction maybe? Good saw for its age though. The army hadn't used it at all when we got it