560XP Crank Bearings

[Stubby]

Yeah I know stubby, these hadn't been touched by the boys though. What do the use to put them on in the factory?

 

Mmm . Dunnow what they use in the factory . Agree with the modern lack of mechanical sympathy however . To be honest it irritates me no end ..snapping on the brake at every opportunity . I am a dinosaur I know but ......

[adw]

njm go back to the post from sawtroll, blow it up and read it.

[njm]

njm go back to the post from sawtroll, blow it up and read it.

 

Read that when it landed on my desk at work ! its 2014 models that i am seeing now with bearing failure

[Lumberwolf]

To be fair, I'm 25 and never use the chainbrake either. Just don't touch the sharp bits and you'll be fine 👍😄

[SawTroll]

Have to agree with you about the training these days , so do you think there is a problem in the factory with the way they fit the bearings ?

 

Read the attachment I posted a couple of hours ago (post #41).....

Edited January 17, 2015 by SawTroll

[peatff]

I've never been trained but I use the brake when I put the saw down running anywhere in case a branch catches the trigger or something. It's there for a reason I think not just an inconvenience. I don't apply it with the chain running though. Do new saws really wear out this quick ?

[Macpherson]

Mmm . Dunnow what they use in the factory . Agree with the modern lack of mechanical sympathy however . To be honest it irritates me no end ..snapping on the brake at every opportunity . I am a dinosaur I know but ......

 

I don`t think that being able to understand the tools you`re using makes you a dinosaur.

I Was in the company of a recently trained guy just last month, when I eventually couldn`t take any more of the brake being flung on at full revs and tried to advise him otherwise, I was told that`s how he was taught and to mind my own business, little **** !!!

Anyway back to the thread, I can see how the method of assembly of these engines could easily leave a preloaded pressure on the bearings and it`s no surprise that the plastic is the first thing to suffer from the extra heat that could be generated by this.

Sorry, in my previous post I didn`t know the bearings were specials, sounds like crap design.

Is it autotune ? Cheers

[adw]

The bearings are nothing to do with auto tune

[SawTroll]

The bearings are nothing to do with auto tune

 

Of course not!

[Macpherson]

The bearings are nothing to do with auto tune

 

merely curios.