riverdog

Hey. My 346xp is getting bogged-down too readily. I'll be cutting a bit of wood that it should just chew nicely through but as soon as the revs drop off a bit the chain stops spinning. My hunch is that the engine is outputting plenty of power (awesome compression, all filters and carb spot on etc), but I recently swapped the clutch assembly and I'm wondering if that's the problem. The springs look fine, i.e. no cracks or anything, but I want to open them up a bit to keep the chain engaged at lower revs. Is that foolishness or what? If that sounds half-sensible, what are we talking about; a few tenths of a mm, a couple of mm, half an inch or what? Thanks. S.

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Good shout fellas, I hadn't thought of that. I'll check that out tomorrow.

I think the time is fast approaching where if you're buying-in roundwood/cordwood to process for firewood then you're either doing it for pocket money/fun or going out of business. I think you need to be using arisings or own your own woodland. Either that or firewood prices need hiking up to match.

I took the rpm down to 13,000 and ran the saw through some seasoned ash roundwood for a couple of hours yesterday. My mate was running his newer edition 346xp for the same period. My 346 got much hotter than his but it actually ran quite nicely with no problems. I reckon Ray1 is probably right and the cheaper cylinder just heats up a bit more for whatever reason but it seems to be staying within it's tolerance limits so who cares? Thanks for you're help/advice. S.

You've probably sorted this problem out by now but just in case it helps.... I had the exact same problem with my 346xp. As people have said, the issue with mine was the rubber oil hose not sealing against the metal of the oil tank. I tried semi-hardening gasket sealant and then plumbers self-amalgamating tape, both of these reduced flow but didn't really work. Eventually I bought a new one for about £10 from Garden Hire Spares in worcester and that fixed it straight away. Takes about a minuite and half to change them over and no more puddles of oil in the tool shed floor! Part number 14 on this diagram; Husqvarna 346XP, 353 Parts - Husqvarna 346XP, 353 Clutch Assembly GHS Part No. 503 85 47-01 REPLACES OEM 503 85 47-01 You can no doubt order this part from you're local dealer. S.

Alright. Thanks for your help. All the fins/flywheel etc are clean and sound and I don't have access to an infrared thermometer so I think I'll just tone it down a bit as suggested and then take it into the woods for a few hours and see what happens. I'll let you know! I have to say I would never have set the H jet that lean if I'd been tuning it by ear but I just kept going until the Tacho said stop! I'll see if it's happier at 13,500rpm. Thanks. S.

p.s. I know cylinders do get hot, I'm comparing this to my newish 346xp silverside model which gets "normal hot", but this is on a whole new level of heat!

Hey. I picked up an old husky 346xp 'spares and repairs' off ebay as a project. Stripped it all down, cleaned it up, new sprocket, carb kit, spark plug etc. The piston was seized so I fitted a new piston and cylinder. Cylinder/piston is a 44mm "War Tec" non-genuine £48 kit from GHS in Worcester. Started her up and with a bit of carb fiddling she runs. I used a Tacho to get 2400rpm at idle and 14,000 at full throttle. The weird thing is that the cylinder gets VERY hot (you can feel heat coming through casing) within minutes of starting her up! I daren't run her in case I burn up the new piston/cylinder. What's going on???

Hi, I'm sure we've been through this already but I can't find it so humour me please... If a fellow wanted to split 1m lengths of 35-50cm diameter hardwood (cordwood) into billets, on a horizontal splitter, how many tonnes of force would he want to get the job done in reasonable time? If he had available to him a good tractor, would he be better off with a hydraulic or pto run one? Thanks.

Thanks Spudulike. That's spot on. S.

Hi there. My Dad just ran his old Jonsered 2149 Turbo with pure petrol! *7&5£@!! I haven't seen it yet but it sounds like a new cylinder/piston/rings to me. I just went on ebay to see how much a new kit costs. It's about £60, but I note that I could get a kit to fit the Husqvarna 350/351 for a lot less (about £30). I vaguely remember someone telling me that the Jonsered 2149 Turbo had mostly the same internal parts as the Husqvarna 350. Is that true? Can I fit the Husky cylinder/pistons to the Jonsered? Thanks people. S.