Broken my lovely 550xp

[Bob The Dog]

I wasn't going to bother cutting up the few logs I had lying around this morning, but in the end I decided to, and wished I hadn't. Had a log kick back off the saw horse, hit the front of the saw, and punched a 2"X1" hole straight through the crankcase, leaving all the bar oil to pour all over my boots! I've messaged spud, to see what he can do. Hopefully a picture is attached.

[MattyF]

You can buy a complete short block for around £190 .. I think the crank case separate are only just a bit cheaper and you would save labour on the most intensive bit of saw building removing the crank ... you could get spud to swap the bits around and give it a port job at the same time if you fancy some thing a bit more ...Errr suped up !!

[Stubby]

Did the same with a 372 once . Fixed it for a while with a sheet of aluminium and JB weld but bought a second hand set of cases of the bay in the end .

[Bob The Dog]

I was thinking about having some extra 'spud work' at the same time. It's a great saw, and I don't really want to bin it, so would be good if it's repairable at a sensible price.

[Sveriges]

short block is only available for the 560, 550 will require new cases. an easy repair as bearings and seals come installed from the factory.

[Stubby]

I was thinking about having some extra 'spud work' at the same time. It's a great saw, and I don't really want to bin it, so would be good if it's repairable at a sensible price.

 

I think it would be extremely rude not to

[MattyF]

short block is only available for the 560, 550 will require new cases. an easy repair as bearings and seals come installed from the factory.

 

 

Are you sure ? The only reason I found out about the 560 short block was seeing a 550 one in my local dealers and asking what it was all about.

[Sveriges]

yep 100% it must have been a 560 block unless he has built his own 550 block but he would of had to do this with parts himself

[Bob The Dog]

It does look, upon closer inspection, that it's a complete crankcase replacement. No easy fix by the looks!

[tree-fancier123]

Did the same with a 372 once . Fixed it for a while with a sheet of aluminium and JB weld but bought a second hand set of cases of the bay in the end .

 

that was my first thought - if it's only holding chain oil can it not be glued up? Maybe a thin bit of ally with the case drilled off and pop rivets with some type of 2 pack compound to seal it all