Husqvarna King

Nice one, thank you 👌

Was changing the blades on the a530 at work and noticed the drive shaft to the top roller has a bolt and or grub screw missing where it joins into the universal joint. i can see that there is a key/keyway in this shaft and have put a nut and bolt through the shaft for now but should it have a grub screw adjacent to this? Thanks in advance for any advice

Steve’s small engine saloon on you tube has a good chainsaw tuning tutorial 👍

Try waney edge city lumber in North Weald Essex if that’s not too far

I had a 1998 ch25ph, it had a float and a gauge on top of the cap to tell you how much fuel was in it. It got misplaced at a petrol station ( not by myself)! The Timberwolf 125 locking fuel cap did the job but never as good as the original. We had one of the emergency petrol station caps until it arrived

That’s interesting, any idea if they normally last longer than the mark 1 before needing major work. All I’ve ever heard is that the 550 is the best 50cc saw to use but it is just unreliable and that’s it’s let down

Are the bearings any better and are they as prone to air leaks? I used to own a 560 that replaced my 357 and it was a very good saw over the 7 years I’d owned it. It would be around the 50cc mark on a 15” bar we’d want. Shame they don’t make the 346 any longer

I thought that was the case, appreciate your advice though, and not just on this thread 👍

Looking for a replacement are the mark 2 550 the same or has that side of things been beefed up a bit is the 560/562 the same also?

Appreciate that, thank you

Thanks for the replies. Does anyone know roughly how much this would cost to put right and is that worth it compared to a new saw. It’s an older mark 1 550 with three years work (arb not forestry). I work for a small company and the boss doesn’t want to replace with another that may only last a couple of years, especially when there are much older trouble free saws. The saw is still on its original guide bar, that must show how little it has done. its a pretty clean saw as you can see.. except inside the cylinder of course 😬

Are you still doing work on saws Spud?

An update…. saw does seem low on compression, it won’t pick up from the starter cord. when turned upside down fuel doesn’t run out of the plug hole but it is wet with fuel. Took the muffler off and attached pictures of piston IMG_0756.mov

Will do 👌

Thanks, not what I wanted to hear 😬