New Ms 362

[stihlmadasever]

Thats saws been around for a while. stihl say it wont go into Volume production but the knowledge gained during its development and testing will go into optimizing future stihl products.

Carbon fibre Looks good though:thumbup1:

[doddie82]

That's not it still orange, less metal casing mainly. Ms362c

[spudulike]

That's not it still orange, less metal casing mainly. Ms362c

 

Ah, they are using more plastic............just like those £75 Chinese jobbies on ebay.........and???

 

If you take a 560XP apart, you will note that it has clever transfer ports in front of the saw - there are good technical reasons for doing this down to transfer velocity. You also note the length and straightness of the inlet tract and the angle of the exhaust/cylinder optimising scavanging - this was the FIRST saw I had seen such things on and I haven't even mentioned the autotune.

 

Now this design IS radical.......and the MS362........??? Have they stopped it eating needle bearings??

[leswold]

I must be in the minority, being impressed with the 362. Had the first a year now & it gets some heavy use, never had a prob so got another last month, with heated handle. Getting nervous now...waiting for them to fail.

[spudulike]

I must be in the minority, being impressed with the 362. Had the first a year now & it gets some heavy use, never had a prob so got another last month, with heated handle. Getting nervous now...waiting for them to fail.

 

Just keep an eye on the needle bearing and swap it as soon as the clutch drum gets a little wobbly - the rest of the saw seems OK......don't worry:thumbup:

[bobrob]

Maybe the "radical" bit is that Stihl have managed to make the new Ms362 as reliable and usuable as the old Ms361 instead of the bag of shite that mine is.

surely that's an insult to shite

[spudulike]

Looks like we will have to wait for the spring then:confused1: