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Thank you for all your helpful comments. I will contact the supplier to (hopefully) get this sorted out.

I have just bought two new Oregon chain loops which arrived in the post today. I am concerned that the rivets have not been properly formed where the chain has been joined. The two loops are: 95VPX-72 & 91VXL-56, images attached (hopefully!). I am no expert and would appreciate some advice on whether thay are OK to use or need to go back. Many thanks.

I previously posted a thread regarding one of my silencer bolts snapping off on my Husky 350 (http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/chainsaws/41039-husky-350-silencer-bolt-snapped.html#post638025). I decided that this may have been caused by the 350 not having a front mounted silencer support, unlike it big bros the 353 and 346XP. I purchased a 353 silencer support (Husky part # 544 80 98-01) and found that it can be modified to fit the 350 as follows: 1) cut off the RHD leg, but keep the offcut to use as a lower spacer for the felling dog 2) bend the LHD leg in two places to offset the leg a few mm further to the left The attached pictures show a standard 353 silencer support and it modified for use as a 350 silencer support. Note the offcut being used as a spacer for the lower felling dog screw. I hope this might help someone else avoid having to extract a snapped off silencer bolt.

Thanks for all your helpful advice. I have got it out, thread intact. Stubby you were right, fortunately it was not very tight. Method used: 1) Proped saw up so thread socket was pointing up and filled hole with WD40 twice a day for a week. 2) Drilled centre of bolt stub with a 2mm cobalt drill to a depth of c. 6mm 3) Used Draper Expert No 1 screw extractor.

Thanks for all the advice. I will order some screw extractors. It would be easiest to remove the cylinder from the saw to drill the bolt stub: 1) The Husqvarna workshop manual shows a special position tool being used during refitting of the carburettor (see attached picture) is this tool essential? 2) Is there any way to insert the piston into the cylinder without the Husqvarna piston ring compression tool (part# 502 50 70-01)? Thanks.

Today started well, but it didn't last..... One of the bolts that hold the silencer on to my Husky 350 fell out - didn't seem too bad....but the bolt would not go back in.... once I had the silencer off, I found that the bolt had snapped off....groan! Of note the other silencer bolt was VERY tight, I thought that was going to shear off before it came out. This problem may be due to an issue I had with bolts working loose when the saw was new (several years ago) - local dealer "sorted it", perhaps just did them up **** tight?! Is it worth buying a screw extractor to try (e.g. EXPERT SCHRODER 5 PIECE SCREW EXTRACTOR SET 45856 1B )? Or am I needing a new cylinder? The Husqvarna workshop manual which I found (see Gardening Tools Direct: Husqvarna Workshop Manuals), lists various special tools that are needed to change the head - which, of course, I don't have... All thoughts and advice welcome. Thanks.